to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
elegance; grace; refinement; good taste
first writing (of the New Year)
for example; for instance; e.g.
theme of the Imperial Poetry Contest
public holiday; celebration (of)
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
acquaintance; appreciative friend
high-quality Japanese paper
refinement; elegance; grace
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
coloured paper; colored paper
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
setting to music; composition
family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
good piece of work; honourable mention (honorable)
sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
printmaker; woodblock artist; copperplate engraver
as; because; with; due to
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
plaster; gypsum; calcium sulphate (sulfate)
reproduction; duplication; reprinting