seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to say; to tell; to state; to do
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
table of contents; contents
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
nature; property; disposition
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
Collections of the Twenty-One Eras; twenty-one collections of waka compiled by imperial command (early Heian to early Muromachi)
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen
mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
loss; defeat; counter for losses
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution