(どう) (n) (1) (abbr) road; (2) way; (3) Buddhist teachings; (4) Taoism; (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea) [EDICT]
(みち) (n) (1) road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; (2) distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); (3) the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; (4) teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; (5) field (of medicine, etc.); subject; (6) way; method; means; (P) [EDICT]
(ち;ぢ) (n) (1) (arch) (ち only) (See 路・じ) way; road; (n-suf) (2) (usu. ぢ) way to ...; road to ... [EDICT]
(dào, ㄉㄠˋ) direction; way; method; road; path; classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk [CE-DICT]
如
(にょ) (n) {Buddh} (See 真如) tathata (the ultimate nature of all things) [EDICT]
(ごと(如);こと(如)(ok);もころ(ok)) (n-adv) (See 如し) like; similar to; same as [EDICT]
(rú, ㄖㄨˊ) as; as if; such as [CE-DICT]
何
(なに(P);なん(P)) (int,pn,adj-no) (1) what; (pref) (2) (なん only) (See 何か月) how many (some counter); (n) (3) (col) euph. for genitals or sex; (P) [EDICT]
(Hé, ㄏㄜˊ) surname He [CE-DICT]
(hé, ㄏㄜˊ) what; how; why; which; carry [CE-DICT]
短
(たん) (n) (1) (See 長・ちょう・2) fault; defect; weak point; (2) (See 長・ちょう・4) minor (music) [EDICT]
(みじか) (pref,suf) short; brief [EDICT]
(duǎn, ㄉㄨㄢˇ) lack; short [CE-DICT]
命
(いのち) ชีวิต [LongdoJP]
(みこと) (n) (hon) the spoken words of the emperor or a noble [EDICT]
(みこと) (n) (1) (after the name of a god or a noble) Lord; Highness; (2) (arch) (derog) you [EDICT]
(いのち) (n) (1) (sometimes written as 生命) (See 生命) life; life force; (2) lifetime; lifespan; (3) most important thing; foundation; core; (4) (arch) paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love); (5) (arch) fate; destiny; karma; (P) [EDICT]