room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
space (room, area, outer space)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
wherein; therein; thereinto
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to quicken one's pace (steps)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity
reading aloud; recitation
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar
representative; exemplary; model
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
ceremony; celebration; law code
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
library; book collection; paperback book
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
life; living; I; me; student
ordinary; common; mediocre
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
draw (in competition); tie game
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool