emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
product; produce; result; fruit
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
nape (of the neck); nucha
Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
disintegration; self-destruction
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
intimacy; affection; familiarity
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
without a holiday; nonstop
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
country; one's own country
too much; excessively; too
right and wrong; loyalty and treason; obedience and disobedience
nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
to be hot on a person's heels
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)