marriage proposal; marriage talks
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to compete with; to vie for
change; alteration; substitute; spare; replacement; proxy
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to rebuke; to scold harshly
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
can do; may do; be capable of doing
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
shady; underhanded; questionable
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about
to spend a night together
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
in this manner; in this way; like this
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
conventionality; triteness
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons