countries; (various) nations
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
staff with plaited paper streamers
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
staff with plaited paper streamers
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
shellfish; seashell; shell
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
every martial art; all the martial arts
military man; warrior; soldier
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
secret; private; surreptitious
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
seven (long cylindrical things)
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)