rut; wheel track; distance between two wheels; gauge
Houjou Tokimune (1251-84)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
mediator; middleman; intermediary; carrier (e.g. disease)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
to put someone to work; to make someone work
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
sinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths; contemplation
characteristic; feature; special quality
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
sayings and doings; words and deeds
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); Avatamska sutra; Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
vijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
Song-dynasty Confucian scholars
physical science; natural science; physics; lixue (Song-era Chinese philosophy); (arch.) philosophy
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior