downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
head of an organizational section; head of an organisational section