chivalrous spirit; chivalry
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
and then; and so; and; so then
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
bad weather; nasty weather
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
feedback (on a product, person's performance, etc.); feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
to cease; to stop; to be over
bento; Japanese box lunch
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
educational institution; school; academy; campus
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
the whole school; all the schools
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
3rd day of the month; three days
first part of a poem or verse
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
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.; maxim
harvested grain; harvested rice ears
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through