self-satisfaction; self-complacency; understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); being paid back for one's deeds
lowly person; lowliness; I
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
tasting; relishing; savouring; appreciation; enjoyment
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
sinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths; contemplation
cough; hawking; laughing and talking at the same time; speak laughing
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
gloss; explanatory notes; annotation
meaning of a word; meaning of the kanji (that make up a word)
main text (as opposed to any included commentary or annotations); authentic text (e.g. of a treaty, as opposed to any translation not specified as authentic); Chinese classical literature
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
generalization; generalisation; popularization; popularisation
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
one's mind; the bottom of one's heart; inner feelings
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
just (about to); on the point of; on the verge of; on the brink of
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
to study; to complete (a course); to fix; to correct; to conduct (a Buddhist service)
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
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
talk; dialogue; conversation
the empty nature of all things
openly; publicly; in public; formally; officially; duly
mountain river; mountain stream
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)
vidya (wisdom); mantra; the coming (July 4, etc.)
Buddhist; Buddhist priest
human relations; humanity