Meanings

development of a text

Goguryeo (ancient Korean kingdom; 37 BCE-668 CE)

story

Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (one of the five seasonal festivals; celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar)

poetry form (esp. haiku)

Chrysanthemum Festival (one of the five annual festivals; celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month)

to make a witty remark

haiku gathering

first five syllables (of a tanka)

unskilled haiku poem

Girl's Festival (March 3)

Boys' Day celebration (May 5)

shimo-no-ku karuta (var. of utagaruta played in Hokkaido)

submitting a haiku (for publication)

ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

farewell poem

repetition

phrase example

to complain

sales pitch