separation; farewell; parting
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
periphery; margin; rim; penumbra
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
speech; expression; wording; language
opposite; reverse; contrary
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
ambiguous; polysemous; equivocal; having many meanings
inclination; tendency; nature; character
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
correction; rectification; mending; repair
selection; choice; option
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to stop walking; to pause
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
inauguration; installation ceremony
reading aloud; recitation
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
recitation; reciting from memory
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
severe criticism; damnation
example; illustration; precedent
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving