measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
imperial court; royal court
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
ice house; ice room; cold room
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
self denial; self control
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
clothes and obi; full court dress
proceeding to the capital
anticipation; expectation
mind of the emperor; inner feelings of the emperor
on the cheap side; comparatively cheap; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
raising an army; launching business
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
scene; spectacle; sight; view
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
events of the day; current affairs
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to strike; to attack; to punish
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
audacity; forwardness; effrontery; impertinence
(arch.) registered domicile in the family register; being under the control of a local authority
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
way of speaking; intimation
to feign ignorance; to play dumb