to order; to command; to appoint
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
there is nothing; having nothing
Confucian scholar; Confucianist
desk made in China; Chinese style desk
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
first meeting; first interview with
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
educator; teacher; educationalist
intuition; instinct; hunch
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
good family; respectable family; decent family
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
don't you think?; indicates question
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
family name; lineage; birth; clan
nephew (like a son); another child considered as one's own
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
study of classical Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies
versification; tanka poetry
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
by myself; in person; by oneself
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
cheerfully; joyously; joyfully; happily; lightheartedly; excitedly
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)