two times; twice; two degrees
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
official name; formal name
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
splendid tanka; splendid waka
anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
regarding as a sure thing; seeing as a certainty
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
to write down; to record; to register
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon
Fujiwara No Tameie (1198-1275)
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
coloured paper; colored paper
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
to work hard; to work diligently
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
creative power; genius; creative originality
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
correction; looking over; touching up
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with