prefectural government; prefectural administration
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
independent state; independent nation
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
favourite motto; pet saying
writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting
reaching; attaining; arrival
region; limits; stage; level
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
quiet; peaceful; tranquil
correct style in a haiku (like Basho's)
vulgarization; vulgarisation; secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)
Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
Danrin school (of haikai poetry)
free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious
(not) much; (not) very; (arch.) like this; (arch.) as a rule
Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)
style of a haikai or haiku poem
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
suggestiveness (of a poem); lingering charm; lasting impression
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal