earthenware pot (used as a decanter); jar; jug
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
proposal; offer; request; application
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
east, west, south and north
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
by means of; due to; because of; according to
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
Huainanzi (ancient Chinese collection of essays)
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
if you think about it; come to think of it
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
(person of) high rank and office (exalted station); persons in high positions
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
(political) administration; political power
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
clarification; elucidation; explanation
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair