two times; twice; two degrees
to repeat; to do something over again
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
simultaneous; all at once
training; drill; practice; discipline
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
this or that person; anybody; many people
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to intone; to chant
many samurai; many gentlefolk
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
house of a prince of the blood
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
loving to recite (e.g. a poem); reciting with great fondness
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
surmise; guess; inference
tanka appendage to a long poem
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)
to sing (chant, speak) with a melody or rhythm; to set to music (verse, lyrics, etc.)
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
chanting in a loud voice; singing in a loud voice