to be widely known; to be famous
encouragement of learning
Emperor Temmu (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)
professional go players' championship series; professional shogi players' championship series
weight stone (placed on pickles)
thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
wetting; love affair; lover
evening; last night; yesterday evening
first championship win (esp. sumo)
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
ex-husband; former husband
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
examination; consideration; test; quiz
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
hotel charge; lodging expense
to appear in the newspaper
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
to find fault with; to question
inter-scholastic athletics competition
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
(one) letter; (one) character
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
great mountain; large mountain