zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
being (somewhere); sitting
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
(written) work; book; writings
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
all; entire; whole; altogether
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
another thing; other things; another man's property
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
time; hour; period; class
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
condition; situation; prospects
complete change; about-face
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
if you think about it; come to think of it
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
indiscriminate reading; unsystematic reading; desultory reading; reading at random
to rest; to relax; to repose
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
eight trigrams (divination signs); bagua; divination; fortune-telling
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)