Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
pupil; student; schoolchild
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
man; male; masculine gender
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
March; third month of the lunar calendar
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff