to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
Noguchi Hideyo (1876-1928)
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
house where one was born; one's parents' house
place of scenic beauty; beauty spot; scenic spot; (arch.) suitable land
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
study; pursuit of knowledge
like this; this sort; this way
junior citizen; young citizen
tsumugi; pongee; traditional rough-surfaced cloth woven from raw silk
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
silence (not speaking); muteness
everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable
student (esp. a university student)
in company; among people; philtrum
tele-; telephone; television; Terret (wine grape variety)
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
(arch.) small cedar; thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
very; extremely; absurd; ridiculous; excessive; extreme
eastern foot (of a mountain)
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to