cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
pronunciation; production of sound
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
type picking; anthology; selection of literary works
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
courting; wooing; making advances
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
manners and customs; folkways; usage
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to yearn for; to be in love with
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
common reed (Phragmites australis)
conceiving (an idea); thinking up; invention; original idea; new idea
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
evident; plain; distinct; clear
sailor; boatman; passenger
every evening; night after night
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.); fisherman
deed; act; work; performance
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
unnatural; affected; studied; forced