zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
outstanding; excellent; remarkable
recollection; remembrance; reminiscence
one's mind; the bottom of one's heart; inner feelings
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
fortune; good deed; curious
group; bunch; crowd; group
weather; climate; disposition; temperament
chisel; burin; graver; gad; jumper
largest class; top category
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
always; constantly; constancy; eternity; permanent residence
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
going to serve one's lord; daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
time; season; period; phase; stage
riches and honours (honors); wealth and rank
fame; distinction; rise; advancement
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
nature's beauty (cool breeze and bright moon)
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
serious; not joking; straight
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot