feminine; womanly; female
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
poetry composed on a set theme
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
work sent to a competition; competition entry
preparatory reading; preparation (for a lesson); reading through (e.g. a script); rehearsal (of a play)
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
very large school; school with a very large number of students; (lit.) mammoth school
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)
one's own handwriting; autograph
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
technique; art; skill; move
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
Matsuo Bashou (1644-1694)
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
division into equal parts; equal parts
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
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
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
face; looks; vestiges; trace
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
distant look; faraway look
to yearn for; to be in love with
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough