• A momentary dream on a spring night. In turn, it is a metaphor for how the splendor of life fades away. To be as fleeting as a dream on a spring night. A metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life.

  • A word translated as for the lineage of the Imperial family continues uninterrupted. The way in which an emperor's lineage continues for many generations. Imperial lineage" refers to the lineage of the emperor or the emperor's sons. Renmen" refers to a long and unbroken lineage. Ren" is also written as "聯" and "綿" as "緜".

  • Translated as a monarch should think about the future and endure temporary shame. The teaching that a ruler must have the magnificence to allow his subjects to fail. "Defilement" is a metaphor of shame and failure from the meaning of "defilement" and "dirt".

  • A word for it takes time to complete a large vessel, even a truly great person is slow to complete. A big man shows his head late. It is also used as a word of comfort for those who are talented but are in trouble. "Taiki" is a person with great ability. "Late growth" means spending a lot of time to achieve something.

  • To discover new knowledge by reviewing old things or previously learned things. The kunyomi reads, “Knowing new things by warming up the old fuki''. To reexamine and rethink previously learned or old matters to discover new reasoning or knowledge and make it one's own. From the meaning of "to learn new things by seeking out the old.

  • A word that means humility to do your best for others. To take credit on the battlefield, from the meaning of having made a horse work hard until it sweats, and having fought with great effort. A feat of war. It is also a metaphor for the hard work of scrambling this way and that in order to put something together.

  • To actively incorporate ideas, cultures, industries, systems, etc. of developed countries, advance civilization, and rapidly modernize. In particular, it refers to the period at the beginning of the Meiji Era, when Japan adopted Western civilization and joined the ranks of modern nations.

  • It means that even if you learn the technique to kill a dragon, you won't use it because dragons don't exist in reality. On the other hand, things that are hard-earned, or that look great but are actually useless and useless.

  • In the sense that one notices the arrival of autumn when one leaf has fallen, it means to perceive the essence, change, and decline of things from the slightest sign.

  • It is a four-letter idiom that appears in Cao Cao's poem "Walk out Natsumon Gyo Hoshutsukamonko" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It is read aloud, “The old man, the fusuma fusuma on the wall, the will is in a thousand miles.'' It means that even if an old horse is tied up in a trough, it still has the will to run a thousand miles.

  • A metaphor for how even the most talented person has some flaws. In addition, it means that a splendid person has some flaws, but they have the ability to make up for it.

    "Sansou" means a thicket, and “Zoujitsu“ means warehouse for dangers. A combined translation means that it hides and envelops pests and even poisonous snakes.

  • Translated as being generous and not obsessed with trifles. It is also a metaphor for the free spread of sentences and ideas one after another. "Tenku" means a clear and wide sky. "Kaikatsu" means a vast sea.

  • It means that you cannot catch a tiger cub unless you risk entering the tiger's den. A metaphor that if you don't take risks, you can't accomplish great things.

  • A parable that there is only one excellent thing among many things. From the fact that only one red flower is blooming in the green grass.

  • It means that truth can be found in even the smallest speck of dust. It means that truth is in everything. "Ichijin" means one dust. In other words, something reffered as mundane or mall things. "Dharma world" is a word for law, and is the basic principle of Buddhism.

  • Translated as doing everything in one’s power to save others, regardless of worrying thy self. A Buddhist word meaning to help a drowning person while covered in mud and getting wet.