noun:

• force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life
• influence; authority; power; might
• impetus; momentum; course (of events)

adverb:

• naturally; necessarily

noun / ~の noun:

• this world; the present life (in contrast to the land of the dead)

noun:

• universal life force (the source of animation for all things)
• free spirit (i.e. a mindset unencumbered with worldly concerns)

noun / ~の noun:

• putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to give meaning to

noun:

• different meaning
• different opinion ➜ 異議

noun:

• old meaning; old interpretation

noun:

• true meaning; true significance

noun:

• principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
• purport; gist; drift; meaning ［旨］
• instructions; orders; intention; wishes ［旨］

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• orthographical variants; words with the same pronunciation and meaning, but different written forms; spelling inconsistency

noun / ~する noun:

• eating between meals; wasteful eating habits; waste of resources
• living idly; loafing one's way through life ➜ 無駄飯【むだめし】・徒食【としょく】

noun:

• object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition ➜ 作文【さくもん】
• formal writing with little real meaning

adjectival noun:

• with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 意味深長

prefix:

• goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis - from 引き ➜ 引っ抱える

noun:

• five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut)
• five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships ［五果］ - Buddhism term
• five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life ［五果］ - Buddhism term

noun:

• one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

noun:

• middle-aged person; person who changes his line in middle of life

noun / ~する noun:

• admonishing (one's master) at the cost of one's life

adjectival noun / noun:

• with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting - four character idiom

noun:

• dictionary giving etymology and describing historical changes in meaning and usage

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate - four character idiom

noun:

• remainder of one's life; one's remaining years

noun:

• field of vision; view
• one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons