China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
I Ching (ancient Chinese divination and philosophical text; one of the Five Classics of Confucianism); The Book of Changes; Yijing
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
centre of attention; center of attention
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to pretend; to act (as if)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
broad view; big picture; wide perspective
successful person; success
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
that's the way it is; such is life
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
sale; sales; selling; marketing
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge