dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
heart-to-heart communication; thought transference; (lit.) holding a flower and subtly smiling
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
company president; manager; director
honorific title; honorific term of address
fudoki; description of regional climate, culture, etc.
experience; history; record; career
inside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term
Hasegawa Nyozekan (1875.11.30-1969.11.11)
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
family name; lineage; birth; clan
Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
mountain range; mountain backbone; spinal column; backbone
smoke from human habitations
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
if so; in that case; then
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
objection; dissent; protest