carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
unselfishness; wanting little
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
to set (sun); to become dark
news; word; tidings; omen
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
right beside; close to; nearby
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
same generation; one's generation
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
knowing; (an) acquaintance
memory; sense; experience
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
adviser; advisor; consultant
palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
collation; examining and comparing
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
cooperation; collaboration
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to