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)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
beyond expression; unspeakable; inexpressible; indescribable
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
careful reading; close reading; intensive reading
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
empiricism; judging things from personal experience
another kind; distinct species; variety
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
10^44; hundred tredecillion
pioneering; path-breaking; trailblazing
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
good performance; good work; great success
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
overwhelming; conquering; dominating; sweeping (the world); swaying
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
obedience; submission; resignation
Ōwa era (961.2.16-964.7.10)
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
base; substrate; substratum
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
magic; sorcery; incantation
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
repentance; confession; penitence
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics