to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
labor; labour; toil; hardship
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
un-; non-; negative prefix
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
low (level, value, price, etc.)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
nature's beauty (cool breeze and bright moon)
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
10^44; hundred tredecillion
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
prime minister; premier; chancellor
himself; yourself; herself
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
elegance; taste; refinement
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
I'll write again soon (closure for a letter, etc.); more anon; sincerely yours; yours truly
another thing; other things; another man's property
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China