student; follower; students and pupils
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
neighboring country; neighbouring country; provinces close to Kyoto (under ritsuryo system)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
fair complexion; face without makeup; inexperience
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
paying attention to; catching one's eye
lack of knowledge or understanding
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
discussion; argument; debate
prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times
working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits
literally; to the letter; literal
mature; becoming precocious
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
mountain range; mountain belt
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
town; city; municipal; urban
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
building lot; residential land
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold
to resemble each other; to resemble one another