thousand years; many years
annotation; explanatory note; comment
broad; vast; boundless; wide
(arch.) Japan; the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
congeniality; satisfaction; gratification
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
congratulation; celebration
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
height (of summer, party, etc.); (in) full swing
emperor (of Japan); mikado
gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
teachings left by a deceased person; last instructions
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed