furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
in order; in turn; one by one
philharmonic (e.g. orchestra, choir)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
until now; so far; up to the present
Fujiwara Yoshie (1898.12.5-1976.3.22)
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
innumerable; countless; numberless
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
etude; study; study (in painting, sculpture, etc.); trial work; improvisational theatre
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related