prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
way of asking; way of listening; listener
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
before anything else; first of all
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
speaker; one who is skilled at speaking
machine parts; machinery; equipment
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
talk; recital; narration; topic
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
light; faint; pale; fleeting
point in question (at issue)
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
generally; in general; widely; commonly; universally
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
correlation; interrelation; intertwining
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking