to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
craze; frenzy; enthusiasm
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
banknote; bill; note; paper money
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
young greens; young herbs
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
green grass; young (fresh) grass
match (to light fire with)
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
misfortune; short life; evil fate
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up