lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
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)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
bad poem; my humble poem; stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed; stalling; having a relapse
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
one thin flat object; one sheet
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
whispering into a person's ear
living room (Western style); sitting room
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
palanquin; litter; bier; kago
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
in the meanwhile; during the time
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
mask; disguise; guise; mask
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation