barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
long (time that has passed); old (story)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
medical care; medical treatment
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
sense of values; values; value system
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
difference; discrepancy; variation
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
blue dragon; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; shape of an old pine tree
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
surroundings; circumference
to set one's sights on; to take aim (at); to have one's mind on
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
spare time; free time; leisure time
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
secret technique; secret art
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately