opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
especially; above all; particularly; among other things
maid; helper; help; assistance
to be clear-headed; to be brainy
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
war of aggression; war of conquest
few decades; many decades; several decades
to file (away); to keep on file; to bind up (e.g. between pages); to insert
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
Kōtoku Shuusui (1871-1911)
Sakai Toshihiko (1871.1.15-1933.1.23)
Kinoshita Naoe (1869-1937)
publication; issue; launching (a publication)
drifting; drift; being adrift
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
at first; in the beginning; originally
joint translation (translation carried out by more than one person)
to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
vulgarization; vulgarisation; secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
Kuroiwa Ruikou (1862.11.20-1920.10.6)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
anti-war argument; pacifism
meeting hall; assembly hall
sudden change; complete change
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail