gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to let spoil; to leave to rot; to cause to rot; to discourage; to dishearten
soil with manure; composted soil
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
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
righteousness; justice; right
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
splendid tanka; splendid waka
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to be intimate with; to befriend
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
day of month; counter for days
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
alone; by oneself; on one's own
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to have the blues; to be depressed
person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime