dispatching to the United States (e.g. an envoy); sending to the United States
to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn
monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
day-by-day renewal; rapid progress
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
rainy; showery; inclement
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
most difficult; next to impossible
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon
mountain river; mountain stream
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
to take to; to let one's heart go out to