disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
new style poetry; new style poem
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
wherein; therein; thereinto
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Cock; hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm); west; eight month of the lunar calendar
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
polytonality; polytonalism
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
how long; how far; how much
individual; private person; personal; private
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
first of all; in the first place
Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
literary criticism or theory
famous literary composition
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd; winter melon
kitchen; financial situation
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
modesty; humility; being humble
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
fraud; trickery; hoax; surely; absolutely; certainly
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage