Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
praise; admiration; exalting; extolling
advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
lively; vivid; vigorous; being born and raised; growing up
to shade an account; to add something extra
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
use; utility; effect; benefit
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
the literary world; literary circles
university student; college student
Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
society; public; community; social studies
wintry desolation; poor business conditions
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
there is a tendency; there is a possibility
to surge; to well up; to gush out
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
indulgence; addiction; infatuation
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra); ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to go to one's heart; to cut one to the quick; to give one a deep impression; to clutch at one's heartstrings; to hit home; to strike home
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration