to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to come to like a lot; to fall in love
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated