apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
one thin flat object; one sheet
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
loveable; very likeable; like very much
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine