to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears
pessimism; disappointment
blessings of heaven; favour of emperor; favor of emperor; divination's luckiest day; blessings of nature
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
government official; clerk
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
collection of short Heian period tales in the form of poems
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
travelling east (esp. to Edo) from Kyoto
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novelette; novella; short novel
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
old name for a cave cricket; even though; despite; even more
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus); (arch.) black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus); Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)
to refuse; to decline; to deny
autumn breeze; fall breeze
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding