talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
Monk Kisen (Heian period poet)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
preface; foreword; introduction
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
separate case; another matter
history of one's love affairs
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
planning; project; plan; design
to name; to call; to christen; to term
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
very popular; highly favoured
I see; that's right; indeed
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
region; limits; stage; level
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last