winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded
Kinugasa Teinosuke (1896.1.1-1982.2.26)
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
one's own property; possessions
all right!; that's it!; thank God!; good!; I've got it!; I've done it!
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
book of registration; text of a play
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
treating someone (to food or drink); dinner; wonderful food; (arch.) running about
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
to be completely boiled; to be sufficiently boiled
to press alcohol on someone; to urge someone to drink; to offer alcohol to someone
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
Japanese Industrial Standards; JIS
eloquence; volubility; (lit.) (like) water on a standing board
stokes (unit of viscosity)
to escape death; to be saved from death
Matsushima Midori (1957-)
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
introduction of poems at a poetry party
congeniality; satisfaction; gratification; critical hit
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
waka, haiku, etc. with insufficient syllables
word; term; language; speech
sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody