to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)
modesty; humility; being humble
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
life; living; I; me; student
unpunctuated Chinese texts
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
writing from top to bottom; writing without a pause; translation of classical Chinese into Japanese
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith