morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
expatiation; enlargement (e.g. on a point); elaboration; clear explanation; paraphrasing
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
to pass (of time); to elapse
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
imperially-commissioned poetry anthology
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
after that; afterwards; thereafter
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
beginning (of a century, etc.)
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
at the meeting; on the occasion
criticism; critique; review; commentary
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
source (e.g. quotation); authority
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
order; sequence; procedure
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
study; research; investigation
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration