(n) (1) (abbr) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(2) "day of the ghost"
(n) (1) (abbr) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(2) "day of the ghost"
(n) having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense
(n) return to the divine through spiritual quietude
(n) (sung) requiem
(n) unyielding spirit
indomitable spirit
(n) annihilation
(n) immortality of the soul
(n) the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
(n) Japanese spirit with Western learning
(n) Requiem Mass
(exp,v1) to put one's heart and soul into something
(exp) pour one's heart and soul into
(exp) to turn over a new leaf
to reform (oneself)
(exp) (id) As the twig is bent, so grows the tree
(exp) the child is father to the man
lit: the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
(iK) (exp) to use up all of one's energy and willpower
to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
(exp) (id) Tread on a worm and it will turn