very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
tangent (trigonometric function)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)
Higuchi Ichiyou (1872-1896)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there