zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
close to; directly (e.g. staring); suddenly (e.g. stopping)
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to come from; to have roots in
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
future years; in (one's) later years
at long distance; in long intervals
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
house where one was born; one's parents' house
daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
senility; dotage; decrepitude
deafblindness; deaf-blind person
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
arrest; custody; detention
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)