acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
common hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum); Analipus japonicus (species of brown alga)
first part of a poem or verse
to leave out (someone); to exclude; to ignore; to ostracize; to shun
thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
worldly affairs; public affairs
evening; last night; yesterday evening
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
final selection (e.g. of applicants); final screening; shortlisting
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
recitation; reciting from memory
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
beauty contest to name Miss ...
phi; diameter (units assumed, esp. mm)
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...