This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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流転生死

るてんしょうじ
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
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輪廻転生

りんねてんしょう、りんねてんせい
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
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優生学

ゆうせいがく
eugenics
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路上生活

ろじょうせいかつ
living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness
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筍生活

たけのこせいかつ
selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)
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瞑想生活

めいそうせいかつ
life of meditation; contemplative life
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老生

ろうせい
elderly person's polite reference to self
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浪人生

ろうにんせい
student who failed entrance exam
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労働生産性

ろうどうせいさんせい
labor productivity; labour productivity
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連続発生

れんぞくはっせい
consecutive occurrences