heartstrings; koto string
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
ambitious undertaking; grand scheme
irritability; peevishness; irascibility; hot temper
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
evil destiny or connection; unfortunate love
germination; pregnancy; arising (in); resulting (from); originating (in)
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
(brute) force; using all one's might
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to dazzle; to make dizzy; to bewilder
to overflow from something full
extinguishment; destruction; effacement
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
divorce; dissolution of adoption
virtuous woman; faithful wife
superficial knowledge; smatterer
Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
token (effort); something done for form's sake
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)
surface of the earth; ground surface
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
high spirits; boastful talk