virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
talent for poetry; poetic genius
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
that year; same year; same age
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
bishop's staff; khakkhara
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
poem; narrative (style of the Shi Jing); classical Chinese rhymed prose
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis); type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
ding; chime (sound of a bell or a small gong)
accounting; administration (of money)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
various countries; various regions; various provinces