Earth Ox (26th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1949, 2009, 2069)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
dice; die; baton (of command)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
Shuki; Zhu Xi (1130-1200 CE); Chu Hsi
form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon
extensive knowledge; erudition
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
lüshi; form of Chinese poetry with eight lines of seven or five characters
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.