worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
having the qualities of a leader
master; teacher; stable master
in comparison to; rather than
mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); landscape picture; mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain; garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
product; produce; result; fruit
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
the first and second; a few
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
(some) more; even more; longer; further
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
estimation; criticism; comment
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
samurai; person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
both groups; both factions
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-