well-made; well-done; great success
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
appearance and disappearance
straight; as the crow flies
Nanjing; Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian
cease-fire; truce; armistice
to shuffle one's feet; to trample underfoot
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to cast; to mint; to coin
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
arrangement; disposition; array (programming)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
dilettantism; amateurism (in art)
keeping a bird as a pet; aviculture; person who keeps a bird as a pet; aviculturist; bird breeder
training; practice; practising; cultivation
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full; corpulent
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.