boy; son; baby boy; young man
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
boarding house; school dormitory
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
advanced level; high grade; senior
Abe Yoshishige (1883.12.23-1966.6.7)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
Kume Masao (1891.11.23-1952.3.1)
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl
the deceased; the departed
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
Shirai Kyouji (1889.9.1-1980.11.9)
unheard-of; unprecedented
accountant; accounting clerk; cashier; treasurer
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to show unwillingness (to do); to be reluctant (to do); to look annoyed; to show signs of finding something bothersome
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
small grain; small stature or ability
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to be embarrassed; to lose face
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
real thing; original; actual
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu