drama; play; Chinese opera
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
another thing; exception; special case
yearning; longing for; deep affection
mono no aware; appreciation of the fleeting nature of beauty; pathos of things; strong aesthetic sense
useless; vain; aimless; idle
licentious; self-indulgent
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
worldly affairs; public affairs
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
eternal life; immortality
contrivance; to invent; to devise; to think out
absurd; nonsensical; ridiculous; idiotic; laughable; ludicrous
to escape from; to get out
writing; composition; essay; sentence
crisp; curt; laconic; terse; spare
range of vision; field of vision
suddenly; all of a sudden
short article; short essay; (one's own) article or essay
to draft; to write a rough copy
to oppose someone's opinion; to refute; to contradict
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
had better ...; had better not ...
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
heroine; female protagonist
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical