extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
Fujiwara No Yoritsune (1218-1256)
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
imperial command (decree); decree of cloistered emperor
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
cheap literature; writing for amusement; light literature popular in the late Edo period
punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc. such as "ya", "kana", "keri", etc.
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
first part of a poem or verse
Karai Senryuu (1718-1790) after whom "senryuu" (comic haiku) are named
Haifu Yanagidaru (collection of Edo-period senryu)
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
after death; posthumously
family name; professional name
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
Kansei Reforms (series of conservative government measures, 1787-1793 CE)
Tempo Reforms (series of government measures, 1841-1843 CE)
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
fiction writer; dime novelist
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)