bare noh chanting; vocal-only noh theater performance, with no dancing or instruments; unaccompanied utai
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to be conspicuous; to stand out
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
the other day; recently; this time; on this occasion
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
arame (species of kelp, Eisenia bicyclis)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
will not do; do not; does not
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to shout (in anger); to yell
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to thrust away; to send flying
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
every person; every mouth; every entrance