indescribable; having no way to express
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
training (esp. in-service); induction course
given (e.g. conditions); given thing; data; sense datum
symbol; code; sign; notation
how much; how many; however
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
leaving a matter to chance
fleshing out (e.g. a plan); giving substance (to); modeling; modelling
labour and management; labor and management
urgent; requiring quick (response)
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
news; word; tidings; omen
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
district; section; sector
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
to pull out a fish; to lure
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to rank next to; to come after
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
younger scholar; future reference
annotation; explanatory note; comment
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally