Alacrity

The day we sent Grand-dad off I got the Kanji kentei 5級 certificate in the post. It felt very hollow. Nevertheless, forward!

I studying for 4級 now and there are some really hard characters

• 払 to pay はら(う),フツ
  
• 敷 to spread し(く),フ
  
• 匹 to be equal　ひき,ヒン
• 壁 a wall　かべ,ヘキ
  
• 凡 mediocre　はん,ボン
  
• 捕 to arrest　つか(まえる),と(る), ホ
  
• 敏 luxurious　ビン eg 敏活
  
• 尾 the end, tail　お,ビ eg 首尾 the outcome, result

敏活 is composed of two characters; 敏 (びん) meaning luxurious and 活(かつ) meaning life, so it should mean 'luxurious life' but my dictionary says 'quick (to seize opportunity)' and the English word 'alacrity' (which I didn't know, but you can find anything on the internet).

My wife is still not back to normal. The Buddhist timetable says we can go out again after 49 days. I hope after that we can 'seize the day'.