origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
order; sequence; procedure
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
in deep black; in jet black
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
writing (especially of a Zen monk); penmanship
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
together; mutually; fellow
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
representative; exemplary; model
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
deep and quiet bamboo grove
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
being unknown; not knowing; ignorance; foolishness
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to mutually shine on (each other)
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem