weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
ceramics; pottery; porcelain
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
the whole mountain; all the mountains
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
earthenware pot (used as a decanter); jar; jug
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
looking on with surprise; surprised and changing one's expression
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
Betulaceae (birch family)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress
(by the lunar calendar) 16th night of the month
to make merry; to be festive
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
indolence; laziness; sloth
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)