daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
meditation; contemplation
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
contemplation; meditation
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
the last half-year; second half of the year
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
general idea; concept; notion
to feel; to sense; to experience
tanka appendage to a long poem
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
narration; description of things and facts
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)