technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
outsider; layman; amateur
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
marriage where the couple live apart and occasionally visit each other
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
should; must; -able; probably; likely
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
elegance; taste; refinement
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
master; teacher; stable master
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word