surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
Nichiren; Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
unheard-of; unprecedented
notice; attention; observation
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
business trip; official trip
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
nation at war; militant nation
the stage; the theatrical world
man of letters; literary man
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to throw on the fire; to burn
line between victory and defeat
tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting; tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin
to intend; to be sure that
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
next (day, morning, etc.); following
overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
association; society; organization; organisation
Tsubouchi Shouyou (1859.6.22-1935.2.28)
advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion
falling paulownia leaf signaling the beginning of autumn (fall)
Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd (Japanese newspaper company)
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
Silla (ancient Korean kingdom; 57 BCE-935 CE)
that year; same year; same age
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
amateur theatricals; amateur dramatic performance
to repeat; to be frequent