subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
to unfold; to unroll; to open
commuter pass; season ticket
bromide; publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
all things in nature; the whole creation
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to have medicine be effective
undergoing treatment (medical); receiving treatment
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
back country; remote countryside
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
difficult to ...; hard to ...
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
maternity (motherhood); maternity (pregnancy); maternity dress
evident; plain; distinct; clear
Poaceae (family comprising the true grasses); Gramineae
to get late; to advance; to wear on
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)