to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami); main table (at a wedding celebration)
third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
to approach; to draw near
one's own child; one's own children
longing for; burning desire
feudal era; feudal times; feudal period; feudal age; age of feudalism
original idea; originality
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
how much; how many; to what extent
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
must not (do); should not; do not; cannot
spirit of a poem; true meaning of a poem
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
depravity; corruption; degradation
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
six immortals of poetry; six notable Japanese poets whose poems were included in the anthology Kokin Wakashū
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise