to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
hinoki leaf; hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata); small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
literary woman; talented woman
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend
literary art; literary activity; writing
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
each; (arch.) you (plural)
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect; insight
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to rank next to; to come after
fourth day of the month; four days
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
blue sky; erudition; detachment from the world; high rank
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy