foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
parody (of a song); new lyrics to an old melody; song parody
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
circular (document); circulating letter; palindrome
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
Nihon kokugo dai jiten (famous Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
Kojien (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten)
Daijirin (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
Daijisen (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
person who prefers sweet things to alcoholic drinks; person with a sweet tooth
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
quotation; citation; reference
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
commercial and industrial men
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity