women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard
Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu (iaido style)
dan rank (in martial arts, go, etc.); advanced rank; grade of black belt
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
sure; alright; fine; go ahead
treasured book; secret book; pornographic book
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
Qin Shi Huang (259 BCE-210 BCE), first emperor of unified China; Shihuangdi
to push away; to push aside; to shove
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
(carved) statue; sculpture
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
I appreciate your efforts
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)