hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
probability; likelihood; chances
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
since when; from when; how long
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
Buddhist memorial service
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to have a talk; to tell a story
scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
elegance; taste; refinement
paintings and calligraphic works
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
profound; deep; unfathomable
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
caller; visitor; company; guest
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)
shallow knowledge; superficial learning
student; follower; students and pupils
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
northern part; the north (of a region)
meeting (with another person)
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
elegance; grace; refinement; good taste
that is to say; so that means
well-informed person; insider