arduous is the race against time as one grows old. (literally "as the sun goes down, the road remains a long one.")

(government, historical, archaic) the highest governing body under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system between the Nara and Edo periods

speech is silver, silence is golden

(religion, Buddhism) Kongo Yasha Myōō, the Japanese name for Vajrayaksa, the Wisdom King of the North, primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism, in Japan, China and elsewhere.

Clipping of 金剛般若波羅蜜多経 (Kongō Hannya Haramitakyō, “Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra”).

(literary, collective) Synonym of 日月 (jitsugetsu, “the sun and the moon”)

speech is silver, silence is golden

near, close

cloth / turban / (abbreviation of 幅): width

a goldfish