government official; public official
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
creepers; trailing plants
sixth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; tapering thinning curve, usually concave left
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
finish; completion; the end
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)
cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
fact; truth; understanding; consideration
Liao (dynasty, 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
history of; experience of
cheap; inexpensive; pure; honest; upright
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
Chinese "Bond" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel