pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
feng (male Chinese firebird)
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
five (long cylindrical things)
to count on one's fingers
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
plain; plateau; tableland
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon