pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
adds force or indicates command
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
isolation; being alone; being friendless
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
towering; astonishingly high
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
thunderous roar; roaring sound
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit