song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez
to be in focus; to come into focus
matter of time; question of time
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
to have time free; to have time to spare
having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep
to gain weight; to put on weight
evening cool; cool of the evening
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
way one walks; one's walk
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
happy memory; sweet memory
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
occasional; infrequent; rare
Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to hide; to keep to oneself
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse