the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")
lamentation; grief; anguish; anxiety; illness; mourning
stomachic; stomach medicine
putting the cart before the horse
to get along with; to compromise; to make concessions; to come to an agreement
celebratory ceremony; celebration
fertile soil; fertile land; fertility
commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
buzzword; popular expression; vogue word or phrase
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol
bargaining; negotiation; turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.); sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach
adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner
to open hostilities; to take up arms; to start a war
comparing heights; comparison of statures
ancestor's meritorious deeds; the evil effects of the lives of our predecessors
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
mud and tile wall topped with tiles
to change one's appearance
peerless bravery; matchless valor (in arms)
being lowered (of a fever)