when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
one bundle; one sheaf; one hundred
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player
author; writer; novelist; artist
possible; probable; likely; preferable; desirable
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
literal translation; direct translation
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
everyday life; daily life
drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to be noteworthy; to be worthy of attention
truth is stranger than fiction
realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
fruits and vegetables; produce
writing on someone's behalf
Kawakami Bizan (1869-1908)
peak of the arch of an eyebrow
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
start; beginning; first step; clue
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear
on the occasion of; at the time of
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)