beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta)
Fujiwara Sadayori (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
building rice-field ridges
(gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar)
magnesia; magnesium oxide
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
basal fertilizer; basal dressing; manure given at the time of planting
moral harassment; workplace mobbing; workplace bullying; psychological harassment at the workplace
public expense; public funds; public money; public expenditure
wind blowing down from a mountain
protection against (flying) mud; mudguard; mudflap; fender (of a car); wing
dried sea-cucumber ovaries
Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)
ridge between rice fields; causeway
card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta)
trouble; distress; sorrow
guard; signalman; attendant
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
Brassicaceae (family of flowering plants comprising the mustards)
summer airing (of clothes)
donjara; ponjan; simplified children's version of mahjong
autumn breeze; fall breeze
picking herbs and wildflowers (esp. early spring)
to put on airs; to assume importance
reckoning from some position (e.g. point, date, etc.)
to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.)
lucky tea (var. of tea made from sea tangle, black soybeans, pepper, pickled plums, etc. and drunk on festive occasions); New Year tea
Urasenke school of tea ceremony