he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

road / path / way / route / course

small okurigana used with kanbun, sutegana / small kana used for diphthongs, sutegana

granny dumping, the practice of abandoning older people

the first sight of something / something seen for the first time

one should start a big project with immediate, practical steps; start small / the person who proposes something should be the first one to take practical steps to implement it

blowing meditation, practiced with the 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi, “shakuhachi”) by the 普化禅 (ふけぜん, Fuke Zen) sect.

(Buddhism) dhyana / (Buddhism) A type of profound meditation practiced by followers of Zen Buddhism.