poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
marriage ceremony; wedding
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Orient and Occident; Atlantic and Pacific
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
extract; excerpt; selection
to repeat; to do something over again
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
depression; recession; slump
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
sun and moon; time; days and months; Sunday and Monday
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
the three powers: heaven, earth and man
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
defense of one's country; defence of one's country
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
tank (military vehicle); chariot