personal appearance; character; personality
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
study; diligence; discount; reduction
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
place by the lamp; area under the lamp
in the face of the enemy; before the enemy
short interval of leisure; short break or breather; lull
snivel; nasal mucus; snot
process; course; mechanism
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed 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
(artistic) accomplishments
want to ... do something; would like to ...
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
collection of handwriting (usu. old); model; example
state of society; social conditions; order of the world
reality; actuality; hard fact
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
to stop walking; to pause
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
whereabout; about where; how much
foxhole; fox mound; fox earth
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
suddenly; all at once; flaring up (in anger); in a flare
ceremonial sake decanter with a spout and semicircular handle
fields (of rice and other crops)