article; news story; report; account
to sing (chant, speak) with a melody or rhythm; to set to music (verse, lyrics, etc.)
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
name; title; designation; fame; reputation
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
to make (one's heart) beat fast (with excitement, etc.); to flutter; to pound
to listen to in an ecstasy
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
dry riverbed; river beach
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
calamity; disaster; misfortune
honouring (publicly); honoring; making someone's good deeds or achievements well-known
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify