to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
regarding highly; attaching importance to
bright person; talented student; prodigy
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
classic Confucian writings
The Five Classics (of Confucianism)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
explanation; interpretation
hometown; rural township (of China)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
one's possessions; ownership
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
natural disaster; calamity
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
natural calamity; disaster
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system); bondservants; male and female servants; manservants and maids
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
in name only; titular; nominal
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
book; volume; this; present; main; head
lineage; pedigree; family line
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
imperial throne; the Crown
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)