to be amused or interested in
Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
life; living; I; me; student
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
early-modern men's jacket resembling a haori; ten virtues; many merits
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono
neat (neatly); tidy; trim
seasonal word (in haiku); seasonal topic (in haiku); seasonal word used as a theme (at a haiku gathering)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
bio-medical; biomedical; medical student
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
ocean transportation; importation
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
money-making; earning money
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.; humorous or vulgar renga poetry
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer