card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta)
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
scoring in succession (points, sets, etc.)
society; the world; the times
first part of a poem or verse
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
field; plain; prairie; moor
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
actual and hidden; inside out (e.g. socks); face down (e.g. cards)
example; exercise (for the reader)
evening; last night; yesterday evening
bread roll sandwich with croquette filling
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
fuck you!; don't fuck with me!; don't fuck around!; don't be a screw off!
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
leaving a club; quitting a club
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
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
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch