high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting; tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
successively; one after another
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
younger people; future generations
teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
fine product; masterpiece
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
child's mind; child's heart; young mind
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle