Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
IQ; intelligence quotient
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
sterilization; sterilisation; disinfection
leaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
natural; intrinsic; from birth
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
a person without a single relative
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
bacterium; bacteria; germ
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
extinction; annihilation; destruction
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
disinheritance; disowning