to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
if you think about it; come to think of it
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
natural virtue; personal virtue
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
foreign; abroad; overseas
Futabatei Shimei (1864-1909) (pseudonym of Hasegawa Tatsunosuke)
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
I love you too; (lit.) I would (now) not mind dying
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
Kawamori Yoshizou (1902.10-)
smoothly; easily; readily
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle
end of a line (of writing); line break
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar