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competitive karuta

1

passing shower

1

Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets

1

Chihayaburu

5

it's not much, but ...

1

kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character

1

savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough

3

losing weight; slimming; lean person

1

best ... of one's life

1

field full of flowers

5

malevolent god

1

something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly

1

payment by installments; payment by instalments; hire-purchase

1

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

1

year-end gift; end of the year; year end

2

medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)

1

mid-year gift; summer gift

2

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

8

gambler; risk taker

1

young imperial prince; child of the imperial family; shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)

1

Kondou

1

eccentric young person (esp. girl)

1

secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away

1

target area (e.g. archery); range (e.g. rifle, firing)

1

pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction

1

school song

3

Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)

2

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

1

make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking

1

modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)

2

fourth son

1

hotel charge; lodging expense

1

ready-made; common-law (wife)

2

tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

3

Lake Biwa

1

karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards

25

undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet

1

individual match; single game

5

team competition; team game

3

see you; bye; ciao

1

fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages

1

apprehension; uneasiness

1

traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare

1

calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested

1

to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

1

various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)

1

spinning top

1

violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

6

from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say

1

tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)

2