armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
arm disability; someone with disabled arms
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
counter for flags, banners, etc.
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
dark; not understood; unknown
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
morning; (arch.) next morning
halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona
Siam (former name of Thailand)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
branch (of flowers); cluster; mass (of clouds)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
handle of an axe; handle of a hatchet
trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata); hardy orange
Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)
wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
cloth (esp. cloth made from fibers of the paper mulberry tree)
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
Toringo crabapple (Malus sieboldii)
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia
nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi)
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
Brahman; Brahma; Brahma; Hindu creator god; Sanskrit