unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
item; article; clause; section; point
addition; increase; Canada
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
protection from insects; insect repellence
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
already; now; no longer; not any more
an assortment; combination
midsummer; height of summer
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
(not so) much; (not) very
writing brush and inkstone; writing; composition; daily life of a writer
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); Indian millet
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
blistering heat; "major heat" solar term (approx. July 23)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre
nice; likeable; desirable
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
to shake one's head (in denial)
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
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
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time