loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
government permission; official licence; official license; government permit
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
appearance; expression; manifestation
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
piece; fragment; one (object)
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
seeing through; perceiving; noticing; getting wind of
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to control; to command; to get the better of
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
never; by no means; not in the least; why; what for
like; similar to; same as
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
convert (e.g. to a cause)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
day-by-day renewal; rapid progress
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)