reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
social networking service; SNS
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
at work; in the midst of work; working
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to have a talk; to tell a story
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
impossible to do (although wants to)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
although; but; even though; I wish that
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)
Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion