(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
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to read aloud; to read to someone
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
Kintarō; Golden Boy; Kintarō doll; diamond-shaped apron
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
grandfather; male senior-citizen
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
Straw Millionaire (Japanese Buddhist folk tale)
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya; Kaguyahime (manga series by Reiko Shimizu)
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
had better ...; had better not ...
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
and yet; though; when; in spite of
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object