one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
originally; by nature; from the start
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
master; teacher; stable master
solely; entirely; only; or
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
person of letters; literary person
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
Kamo no Mabuchi (1697-1769)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
of course; certainly; naturally
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
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
Jinno Shotoki (Succession of Imperial Rulers in Japan, historical treatise by Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1339)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)