old times; antiquity; former years
deceased father; late father
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
old poem (esp. waka); old song
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
scene; view; prospect; outlook
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
but; however; even though; even if
relaxed; easygoing; leisurely; nonchalant (during an emergency); unconcerned; unperturbed
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
riches and honours (honors); wealth and rank
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
to surround; to crowd around
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
to be nappy; to get fluffy
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
remembrance; recollection; recognition
shrimp (infraorder Caridea); small shrimp, prawn or lobster
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post