modern person; people of today
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
settlement; solution; resolution
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
basic factor; (medical) predisposition; diathesis
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to grow weary; to get tired of
regulation; adjustment; control
writing songs or poems; poem
decrease; reduction; decline
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
crowing of a cock; crowing of a rooster; cockcrow; dawn; (arch.) hour of the Ox (around 2am)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
refined taste; elegant pursuits
(arch.) pain; (arch.) trouble; illness
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
within the year; before the year is out
presentation of a poem (to the Court or a shrine)
should do; ought to do; must do
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
color of a flower (colour); light indigo; light blue
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
first volume (in a two or three-volume set); first book; volume one; book one