tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
paintings and calligraphic works
art works, traditional artifacts and antiques; artistic handicrafts; decorative art
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
Southern Song dynasty (China, 1127-1279)
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
Tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
the big two...; two major...; two main...
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
family or person with samurai ancestors
art of self-defense (defence)
secret art; the mysteries
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
school education; formal education
physical education; PE; gym (class)
fair; exhibition; exposition
president (of a society); chairman
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
flowing east (e.g. of a river)
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue