plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to include; to welcome (in a group); to let in; (arch.) to bring near; (arch.) to put close; (arch.) to let come near
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
bowing respectfully with one's hands clasped in front of one's chest; (arch.) abdication of an emperor to a successor (China)
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
scalloped (noodles); boiled noodles served in a pot with broth
drama; theatre; theater; play
indicate reason; infers some protest
Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations); nickname; section of a village
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
adopted daughter; foster daughter
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
middle of the night; dead of night
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign