orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
indescribable; having no way to express
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
deceased father; late father
death; the late; the deceased
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
unsigned; without a signature
famous sword; excellent sword
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought
history; pedigree; lineage
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
to give; to do (something) for
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to throw oneself down; to lie down
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes