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Kalter

1

to be widely known; to be famous

1

Hiroshi

2

Oumijinja

8

Komano

6

encouragement of learning

1

competitive karuta

2

emperor; king; prince

1

Emperor Temmu (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)

1

Chihaya

16

bop; pow; bonk; thump

1

distance

1

professional go players' championship series; professional shogi players' championship series

1

championship series

1

monthly

1

Nishida

5

Shibata

3

Saipan (island near Guam)

2

rice bran

1

weight stone (placed on pickles)

1

thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko

1

Taichi

8

Ayase

1

to have a drink; to have a few drinks

1

Harada

2

wetting; love affair; lover

1

empress; queen

1

evening; last night; yesterday evening

1

first championship win (esp. sumo)

1

metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government

1

Shiga (prefecture)

2

one's regular inn; one's usual hotel

1

forest; shrine grove

2

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

quiz show

2

severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing

1

debut

1

Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

1

chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

1

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

1

ex-husband; former husband

1

great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

1

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

2

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

1

beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

1

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

1

examination; consideration; test; quiz

1

decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big

1

inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household

1

hotel charge; lodging expense

1