inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
society; the world; the times
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
secondary taro corm; daughter taro corm; taro cormel; taro bud
scoundrel; rascal; villain
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to sniff out; to get wind of
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
founder; originator; pioneer
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
Ueda Akinari (1734.7.25-1809.8.8)
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
taste; palate; sense of taste
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
every month; each month; monthly
to gather; to collect; to assemble
haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.; humorous or vulgar renga poetry