poetry and prose; literature; literary works
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
results; record; grades; marks
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
wearing wooden clogs; floatplane
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
following with one's eyes; gazing after
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
ferry landing; point of departure or arrival for ferries