deep contemplation; melancholy; gloom
lyricism; description of one's feelings
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to appease; to suppress; to calm
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
meditation; contemplation
to face; to go towards; to head towards
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
form; method; system; formula
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
praise; hymn (genre of the Shi Jing)
a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
type of dance where the ground is stamped (Heian period)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to congratulate; to wish (someone) well; to celebrate
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
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
season; time of the year; seasonal festival; seasonal banquet; seasonal feast
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
flowery language; pretty words
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)