shear (wind, fluids); chicken gizzard
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
urban areas; the streets; town; city
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
odds and ends; all; every
archipelago; group of islands
(licensed) red light district
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
payment; defrayal; disbursement
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
broad overview; general survey
(Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
clever; of quick intellect
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
the opposite sex; isomerism
sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen
to play (a stringed instrument)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
(how) many times; (how) often
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
criticism; commentary; review
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
time; hour; season; time of the year
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)