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scholarship; scientific attainments

1

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

1

sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds

1

Shun'ehoushi

2

hereditary learning

1

itinerant priest; wandering monk; mendicant; clouds and water

2

to dissolve; to melt

1

people of similar tastes

1

Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon); non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings)

1

to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

1

negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

2

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

1

glistening dew; "white dew" solar term (approx. September 8)

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)

1

rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain

2

to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)

1

to go too far

2

Jōkyū era (1219.4.12-1222.4.13); Shōkyū era

1

accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency

1

overarm stroke (type of traditional Japanese swimming style)

1

to lose one's way; to be at a loss

1

leader (of an alliance); leading power

1

rash act; reckless act

7

virgin soil

1

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

2

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba); dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis)

1

quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

2

self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen

1

scene; view; prospect; outlook

2

Nouin (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

1

abstraction

1

sign; indication

1

stabbing; stimulation

1

water's edge; shore; waterside

1

actual view

1

to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name

1

first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka

2

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

1

empty threat; bluff; paper tiger

1

to reflect carefully

1

tide of the times

1

life of pleasure

1

(at) one bound

1

healthy; sound; wholesome

2

sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

4

free from obstacles

2

naturalism

1

truth

1