eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to cast; to mint; to coin
competing; competition; auction
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
one daughter; eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
form; shape; figure; visage
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
light; faint; pale; fleeting
Akazome Emon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
ago; since; before; previous
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
after that; afterwards; thereafter
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category