to be widely known; to be famous
to give one's everything; to do one's best
siesta; nap; catnap; stopping at an inn
Naniwa Bay (old name for Osaka Bay)
jelly beans; jellybeans; jelly bean; jellybean
mountain hamlet; mountain village
sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
memorization power; ability to remember; (good) memory
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
field; plain; prairie; moor
national network broadcast; nation-wide broadcast
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
wetting; love affair; lover
evening; last night; yesterday evening
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
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
someone who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
examination; consideration; test; quiz
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
refinement; elegance; grace
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-