(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
hills and fields; hill and dale
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
good impression; favorable impression
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
1-point card; junk card; plain card
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
draw (in competition); tie game
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
dotted line (printing); ellipsis (mark)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
quitting while one is ahead
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
sad; wretched; deplorable
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
point spread; point difference
to reorganize; to rearrange; to put (things) in order
to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
record keeper; recorder; archivist
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
self-control; self-restraint
to control; to command; to get the better of
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
to make a success in life
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation