book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
one's own style; self-taught manner
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
(your) daughter; young woman
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
man; male; masculine gender
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to bring; to take; to bring about
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious
secretary (government); director; chief
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice