contest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
monaural; monophonic; mono
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
warding off evil; protecting against misfortune
(a) study (e.g. in music, art, sculpture, etc.); etude; practice piece
early detection (of an illness)
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)
periodic medical check-up (examination)
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
large intestine; large bowel; colon
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
natural span of life; 250 years old
Fukushima prefecture (Tōhoku area)
autumn breeze; fall breeze
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
university hospital; teaching hospital
bill (at a restaurant); check
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)