great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
serious crime; grave crime
to reach an agreement; to come to an understanding; to compromise (with); to get along well with
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
to prowl after; to keep watch on
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
come out!; where are you?
(plain) hot water; boiled water
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
to wash again; to reconsider
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
good bye; I'm off; see you later
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
younger people; future generations
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire