to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
old age; old person; the old; the aged
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
Southern Song dynasty (China, 1127-1279)
Shuki; Zhu Xi (1130-1200 CE); Chu Hsi
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)
to bring; to take; to bring about
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
poetry and prose; literature; literary works
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
very recently; in the very recent past
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
cooperation; collaboration