moving; touching; stirring
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
(one) letter; (one) character
metal ring; metal hoop; metal band; trivet
single amount (of money); one-off payment; lump sum; bonus
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
Gothic (style); Gothic (typeface)
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
course; route; path; process; means
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
accomplishment; execution
Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen); calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
Chinese design; Chinese style; traditional architecture associated with Zen
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
interior; inside; internal
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
revolution; cataclysm; drastic change
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
spirit of the age; zeitgeist
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
nothing but; none other than
Hakuho period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 645-710 CE)
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime