sunlight; rays of the Sun
before the gate; in front of the gate
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
homecoming; returning home
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
kind-hearted; benevolence
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
illustrated news magazine; pictorial
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
crisis in a battle; death
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
Taizo Soma (novelist) (1885-1952)