<< previous image | next image >>. People have become significant earth movers, outpacing all sources of natural erosion. More and more of our footprint can be seen from space in many forms, including cities, reservoirs, agriculture and deforestation. Among the most impressive human scars on the planet are open-pit mines.
Life and Death in Japanese is çæ­» which is read seishi.The Japanese word seishi means Life and Death and also translates as the Buddhist concept Samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) and is composed of the kanji (read sei) meaning life; birth and (read shi) meaning death; die.
If a samurai felt that he had lost his honor (or was about to lose it) according to the rules of bushido, he could regain his standing by committing a rather painful form of ritual suicide, called seppuku. The word bushido comes from the Japanese roots bushi, meaning warrior, and do, or way..Pronunciation: BOO-she-doh or BOO-she-daw. Examples: The 47 Ronin of Japanese legend exemplify bushido, the way of the warrior.. Glossary Entries: A-E | F-J | K-O | P-S | T-Z.f a samurai felt that he had lost his honor (or was about to lose it) according to the rules of bushido, he could regain his standing by committing a rather painful form of ritual suicide, called seppuku. The word bushido comes from the Japanese roots bushi, meaning warrior, and do, or way..