writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
Obaku school of Zen Buddhism
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
scroll; counter for scrolls
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
huge rock; massive boulder
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room
thick printed paper (for covering sliding doors); paper sliding-door; sliding door covered with thick paper
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to have become worn; to be used to the ways of the world
knob; handle; catch; patron
to indicate; to show; to point to
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
Japanese person; Japanese people
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen