barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding
talk; recital; narration; topic
the five virtues (esp. in Confucianism); tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of a three-legged kettle stand
to be sooty; to be stained
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
force of a fire; force of flames
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
pipe; tube; counter for injection ampoules
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan); Soviet Union
blue sky; azure sky; erudition; great learning; detachment from the world
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (of China; 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state; 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
chee fah; chiffa; gambling game in which players buy a lined paper with 36 words on it and try and guess the word the dealer has chosen
oracle; revelation; divine message