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hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession

2

stagnation; inactivity

4

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

13

Yosano Akiko (1878-1942)

4

disheveled hair; unravelled hair

4

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

2

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

1

thin ice

1

every month; each month; monthly

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

obedient; docile; quiet

4

writing (e.g. as a profession)

12

Ootsuka Kusuoko (1875.8.9-1910.11.9)

1

beginning; outset; first; onset

2

major subject; special study

3

Yasuji

1

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

2

Souseki

22

to throw into; to dump in together

1

coffin; casket

1

to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for

1

hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)

1

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

2

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

3

anthology

1

nowadays; in this day and age

1

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

1

pathos; sorrow; grief

3

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

4

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

1

variant; variation; variety; (taxonomical) variety

1

second; number two; runner-up

1

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

20

Yosano Hiroshi

3

(political) power; authority; influence

14

political measures; policy

4

spirit; heart; disposition

4

worldly-mindedness; worldly affairs

1

appropriateness; finality (philosophy); purposiveness

1

opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

13

inseparable

1

Kunikida Doppo (1871-1908)

3

modern literature

7

contribution; service

2

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

1

to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

1

poetic circles; world of poetry

1

empire; imperial

1

loud recitation (of a poem)

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

1