renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue
Rikyū; Sen no Rikyū (1522-1591)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
elegance; refinement; (refined) taste; elegant arts; refined pursuits
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to fall into another's hands
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
Buddhist thought; Buddhist concept
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter
-less; lacking; non-existing
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
contemplative; meditative; meditational
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
people; citizens; subjects; folk
armed might; military power; the sword; force
Western person; Westerner
diverse; various; wide-ranging
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
restrictions on the number of kanji recognized for usage (recognised)
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight