good (place to leave off); convenient
Nobel Prize in Literature
Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)
Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with
full house (esp. in card games such as poker)
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
competing; competition; auction
quick-witted; quick to understand
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
posing; modeling; modelling
take-out; take-away; carry-out
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
successful bid; winning a tender
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to work without sleep or rest
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan