field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to read out and compare (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); to check (accounts, etc.) by reading aloud
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to correct oneself; to restate
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
contributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
legitimate line; direct descent
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
government official; clerk
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
Suzuki Miekichi (1882.9.29-1936.6.27)
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
children's story; fairy tale
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa); cock sorrel; sour dock