competent; suitable; qualified
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
wind and string instruments; music
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
just a minute; small quantity
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
European magpie (Pica pica)
Ootomo no Yakamochi (718?-785)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
Tomohirashinnou (Prince) (964-1009)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
laughing embarrassedly and sticking out one's tongue
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle