Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to raise one's voice; to shout
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
book; volume; this; present; main; head
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
many; numerous; various; large number of
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to tighten; to press hard
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other