to get someone to say; to make someone say
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)
tenth day of the month; ten days
alone; by oneself; on one's own
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
fields (of rice and other crops)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
mostly involve; principally involve
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
have to do; must; should; ought to
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
to come from; to have roots in
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
talent for poetry; poetic genius
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus