year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
(some) more; even more; longer; further
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
being very busy; busyness
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to demand money; to pester; to extort
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
please; somehow or other; one way or another
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
historic; historical; traditional
(not) so much; (not) that much
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
considerably; fairly; quite
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
inspection; examination; survey
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood