scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture
to say; to be called; to do
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to revere; to respect; to worship
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics
household; home; family; housekeeping
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to ruin oneself; to degrade oneself
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
parental love or affection
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
letter; missive; note; mail
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese