to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
piece; fragment; one (object)
to squeeze out; to wring out
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
not long has passed since ...
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
solitude; loneliness; isolation
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba); dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis)
that; the matter in question
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
scene; view; prospect; outlook
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
Nouin (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
idealization; idealisation
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
how; in what way; in what manner
water's edge; shore; waterside
without; but if; otherwise; or else
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
to be reminded of; to call to mind
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy