investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
briskly; energetically; livelily; efficiently; crisply; vigorously
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
tone (of voice); manner of talking
reform; reformation; reorganization
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
Chinese classical literature; Chinese classics
a little; a few; a bit; a touch; a smidge
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
pronunciation; production of sound
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
book containing a collection of poems; Psalms (book of the Bible)
one's own style; self-taught manner
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to have learning; to be educated
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
seven-and-five-syllable meter
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
number of syllabic sounds in a language
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
five and seven-syllable meter
based on; on the basis of
monotonous; humdrum; stereotyped; banal; dull