news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
door; gate; opening; title page
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
to read (a text) from start to finish; to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
to bury (in the ground); to cover (coals) with ash; to bank (a fire); to get (charcoal) going (in a hibachi)
what kind of; what sort of; what
not limited to; not just ...
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
four (long cylindrical things)
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
stationery; pen and ink; writing materials
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
to sell out; to exhaust one's stock
both sides; two sides; double-sided
recurring decimal; repeating decimal
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to be satisfied; to be sated; to be satiated
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
inside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious