housing district; residential district
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
Emperor Richuu; Richuu Tenno
Emperor Hanzei; Hanzei Tenno
Fujiwaranomichitsunanohaha
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
wedded life; married life
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
Michitsuna , (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets
looks; personal appearance; features
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
world; society; people; the public
fabrication; lie; fiction
imperially-commissioned poetry anthology
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter