beautiful woman; (a) beauty
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
good (place to leave off); convenient
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
surely; certainly; without doubt
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
older sister; elder sister
to work without sleep or rest
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
other than; excluding; without
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)
author; writer; novelist; artist
Nobel Prize in Literature
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
selection; choice; option