national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
chair; stool; post; office; position
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to be opposite; to face each other
in respect of; in regards to; as for
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
again and again; repeatedly
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
on countless occasions; many a time
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
please; somehow or other; one way or another
this occasion; at this time; now
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken