deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
poor physical health; bad shape
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
preference; priority; precedence
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
setting off (on a trip); departure
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
to begin slipping or sliding; to make a start upon
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
seasonal flowers arranged for a tea ceremony; flowers in a tea room
natural drugs; natural remedy; herbal medicine; crude drugs; galenical
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius); dyer's safflower
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through