to be familiar; to learn by ear; to pick up knowledge
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
Mahavairocana (name of a Bodhisattva)
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to lead someone around by the nose
to (seem) eager to; to want to; to be anxious to
to frolic about; to mess around
tenth day of the month; ten days
hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
to investigate; to consider; to plan; to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
February; second month of the lunar calendar
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)