Fujiwara Sadayori (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta)
(gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar)
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
magnesia; magnesium oxide
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
trouble; distress; sorrow
guard; signalman; attendant
summer airing (of clothes)
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
Brassicaceae (family of flowering plants comprising the mustards)
donjara; ponjan; simplified children's version of mahjong
autumn breeze; fall breeze
to put on airs; to assume importance
picking herbs and wildflowers (esp. early spring)
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
playing (music) by ear; transcribing (music) by ear
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)
Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)