one-eyed goblin, a Japanese monster

Synonym of 黄昏 (tasogare, “dusk; twilight”) / Synonym of 黄昏時 (tasogaredoki, “dusk; twilight”)

to discard the shadow for the substance; compare take the shadow for the substance.

when one door shuts, another opens

(Buddhism) think on the power of Kannon

“a hundred days of sermonizing, one fart” → a metaphor for how something that one has put great effort into can come to nothing after even a slight mistake, much as a hundred days of serious spiritual study can be lost to the winds

(literally) know the other side and yourself, a hundred battles will not be perilous