scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
incineration; destroy by fire
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
panorama; panoramic painting
Island; insula; island; islet
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
Hayama Yoshiki (1894.3.12-1945.10.18)
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
Shimada Kazuo (1907.5.15-1996.6.16)
same plan; same idea; that plan; that idea
too many to count; too numerous to mention