empirical; from experience
how many people; a number of people
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
quotation; citation; reference
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
as (for); for; in the capacity of
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
January; first month of the lunar calendar
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa); cock sorrel; sour dock
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
grinding; cracking (e.g. wheat, barley); ground barley; cracked barley
to be mixed in with; to blend with
pale; pallid; bluish-white
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
the underworld; lower ranks of society
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
overpower; subdue; keep down
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience