red marks that are applied to Chinese texts to aid in reading it as Japanese

in kambun, a type of kaeriten written as レ that indicates that the character should be returned to and read later; a return-mark

in kambun, a tertiary type of kaeriten following ichiniten and kōotsuiten in which the reading order is marked with 上, 中, and 下 indicating the order

in kambun, a type of kaeriten secondary to ichiniten in which the reading order is marked with 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 indicating the order

in kanbun, a quanternary type of kaeriten following ichiniten, kōotsuiten, and jōgeten in which the reading order is marked with 天, 地, and 人 indicating the order

in kambun, marks that are placed in the lower left corner of a character to indicate the reading order; types include ichiniten, kōotsuten, jōgeten, tenchiten, and reten

starting point

to wait eagerly or impatiently

it is best to submit to circumstances

good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines; drinking a moderate amount of alcohol is better than medicine