alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
something like ...; something called ...
such ... as; or some such
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
point in common; common feature
that; the matter in question
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
of course; certainly; naturally
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
distinction; differentiation; classification
Poaceae (family comprising the true grasses); Gramineae
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
perfectly round; perfectly circular
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate