Kokin Wakashū (Heian period collection of poetry)
most (numerous); largest (number of)
collected waka poems (of a single poet)
mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to have meaning; to be meaningful
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
to be intimate with; to befriend
posterity; future life; life to come
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to attempt; to test; to try out
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
(arch.) to wear on the head; to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master; to wear such cloth on the left shoulder; to be injured
something wrapped in a furoshiki
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability