more than ... years; -odd years
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
that; the matter in question
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
(United States of) America; USA
preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
mnemonics; art of memorizing; mnemonic device
senior; elder; person older than oneself
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
-less; lacking; non-existing
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
at first; in the beginning; originally
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
major earthquake; large earthquake
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
Eight Principles of Yong; principles for writing the eight basic brush strokes in Chinese characters
(written) work; book; writings
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
dedication (e.g. in books); inscription
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person