good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
classic Confucian writings
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
many books; many writings
extensive reading; wide knowledge
people from one's hometown
studies; schoolwork; classwork
temple; monastery; convent
library; book collection; paperback book
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
one's later years; final years (in life)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
good; goodness; right; virtue
pretension; assumption (of a title)
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
banner (imperial, shogun, etc.); standard
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
late in life; one's later years
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
work left uncompleted at death; work one accomplished during one's lifetime
one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy