accurate; correct; precise; exact
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
such; like that; that sort of
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
coloured paper; colored paper
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
focusing on; paying attention to; observation; perception; taking notice of
man; male; masculine gender
woman; female; feminine gender
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
notice; attention; observation
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking