trend of the times; way things are going
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
cheap literature; writing for amusement; light literature popular in the late Edo period
Nakayama Gishuu (1900.10.5-1969.8.19)
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
woman; lady; adult female
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
cruel; merciless; pitiful; tragic; breaking a religious precept without shame
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
slab with a haiku cut on it
former years; formerly; a few years ago
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
common reed (Phragmites australis)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly