Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)
will not do; do not; does not
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
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)
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
ceramics; pottery; porcelain
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
great success; happy result; good result
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
cultivated fields; countryside
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
standard of revolt; banner of rebellion
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
highest rank among priests; mountain ascetic monk; signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; title given to a great physician or painter
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)