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light of dawn; daybreak

1

Johnny Depp

2

autumn breeze; fall breeze

1

hibernation; staying indoors during winter

1

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

2

passing shower

1

thick amazake; thick sweet sake

3

Chihayaburu

2

document; bond

1

false eyelashes

1

society; the world; the times

1

interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft

1

dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)

1

projection; reflection; image; match; harmony

1

field full of flowers

5

grief; lamentation

1

Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

1

being on stage without respite; performing continuously; staying out the entire time; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)

1

to pass (examination)

1

firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)

1

European magpie (Pica pica)

1

cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics

1

evening; last night; yesterday evening

3

love song; love poem

1

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

1

starting lineup; player in the starting lineup

4

touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)

1

closing ceremony

1

mascara

3

to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing

1

Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

1

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

2

to agree

1

swift current; rapids

1

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied

1

energy conservation; economical use of energy

1

goodbye; farewell; so long

1

futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate

1

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

1

tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

1

one win; one victory

5

karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards

9

water's edge; beach; shore

1

team competition; team game

1

rewriting (book); renewal; transfer of ownership

1

left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker

1

totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender

1

full-time service

1

second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

2

to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)

1