equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
small number; few; minority
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
Satou Haruo (1892.4.9-1964.5.6)
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)
congratulation; celebration
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
feeling keenly; fully realizing
depravity; corruption; degradation
surface; outward appearance; superficial; shallow
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
Western ways; Western customs; Western habits
Japanese style; Japanese fashion
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to be in common; to have in common; to be in mutually understood; to be mutually connected; to have a link
understanding person; supporter
outside of; not covered by
one end; an end; part; fragment