new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
preparation; provision; guarding
commonplace; ordinary; trite; informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
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
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
(feeling of) tightness in the chest
item; article; dish; course; finest item
practice; practising; experience
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
being proficient in both; combine both
to have a rumor circulating
old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
funny story; funny anecdote
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty
everyday affairs; mundane matters; popular usage
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
return; conclusion; reduction
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
clearly; distinctly; vividly
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep