title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
Luo Binwang (poet) (ca. 640-684)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
poor farmer; needy peasant
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
young man in his prime; swaggerer; ruffian
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
becoming well-known; becoming common knowledge
company; corporation; workplace
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
Qin Shi Huang (259 BCE-210 BCE), first emperor of unified China; Shihuangdi
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility