treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
refinement; elegance; grace
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
word game; wordplay; playing with words
Kokin Wakashū (Heian period collection of poetry)
technically accomplished; technical; polished
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
author unknown; anonymous
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
beach seine; long-haul seine; dragnet
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
aggressive; active and bold (daring); resolute determination
surroundings; environs; circumference
to make a person's blood run cold
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague