cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
following (a person to a place)
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
water outlet; tap; faucet
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
Koishikawa Yojōsho (est. 1722 as a hospital for the indigent)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
leisure; leisure time; spare time
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
white (complexion); fair-skinned
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends
the ways of the world; human nature
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
medical science; medicine
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
instruction; teaching; explanation; Zen priest's sermon
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
Wood Tiger (51st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1914, 1974, 2034)
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
the present year; at that time
official announcement; proclamation
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
prohibition; inhibition; ban
being without a name; being nameless; namelessness
the same place; that place
savage land; barbaric region
great scholar; profound scholar
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as