to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
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)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
palace room for government officials; fellow; set (of people); clan
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)