to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
imperially-commissioned poetry anthology
old poem (esp. waka); old song
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
tradition; legend; folklore
something like ...; something called ...
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
charm; incantation; spell; curse
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
anything and everything; just about everything
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
contradiction; inconsistency
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
courting; wooing; making advances
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
rather; sooner; preferably
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
foster mother; adoptive mother
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
man; male; masculine gender
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
measurement error; calculation error
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
than; other than; except; but