starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to include in a poem (season word, place name, etc.)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
bottom current; undercurrent
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
pistil (of a flower); stamen
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
married woman; another's wife
pupil; student; schoolchild
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
(one) letter; (one) character
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
seventh day of the month; seven days
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
novel; original; new; innovative
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to make characteristic; to characterize
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
fecundity; having many children; abundant production
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
literary art; literary activity; writing
one person; ordinary; common
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