detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
composition; setting (of music)
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
fidelity to one's principles
difficult to ...; hard to ...
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
living person; the living
inevitable decline (decay, collapse, etc.)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
foreign court; foreign country
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
lecture attendance; auditing
Wang Mang (45 BCE - 23 CE), Chinese emperor
first place; head position; leading position