originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
annual function; annual event
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
study; research; investigation
complete works; complete collection; complete series
included (in a publication); carried; printed
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
in every case; in everything; in all matters
to repeat; to do something over again
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
pointing out; identification
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
change; transition; vicissitudes
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival