national holiday; public holiday
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
educational institution; school; academy; campus
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
infancy; childhood; tender age
time; age; chance; moment; occasion
dancing or jumping for joy
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading
no, not like that (but like this)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
existence; possession; having; limited company
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable
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
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
marshland; wetland; swampland
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
original text with its translation printed side by side or on opposite page
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else