character (in a novel, film, etc.)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
Yamada Fuutarou (1922.1-)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fantuus
poor piece of work; rubbish; one of my works
single word; a few words; brief comment
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
journal; magazine; periodical
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
descendant; scion; lineage
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
cold weather in early spring
writing; composition; essay; sentence
mourning (dead persons); memorial
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure