well-matched contest; (lit.) fight between a dragon and a tiger
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
Inoue Kobai (1881-1949) (Chinese scholar)
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
geomagnetism; terrestrial magnetism
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
the positive and the negative
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to read (a person's) physiognomy
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
bringing; taking; carrying
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
symbol; code; sign; notation
getting on board; sailor; seaman
fortune-telling; divination
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
eight trigrams; divination signs; divination; fortune-telling
in order; in turn; one by one
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
consists of; comprises; is made up of