lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
unhappiness; sad fate; misfortune
(female) beauty; beautiful woman
blighted love; disappointed love
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
divorce; dissolution of adoption
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
while; even though; despite
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
new style poetry; new style poem
essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
modernization; modernisation
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
palace; hall; shrine; hall of fame
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
1 "to" (unit of volume, approx. 18 litres)
Higuchi Ichiyou (1872-1896)