Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
miscellaneous thoughts (on); miscellaneous impressions
Hepburn system (of romaji)
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
testimony; (verbal) evidence
Minister of Education, Science and Culture
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
method of writing; syntax
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
foothold; footing; position; standing; ground
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
PEN club; club for poets, play-wrights, essayists, editors, novelists
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
in good health; alive and well; going strong
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
concord; harmony; concert
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
A History of Western Philosophy
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
consistent; unchanging from beginning to end
result; fruit (of); product (of)
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
(an) authority; (a) source; (written) reference
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization