art informel (1950s French art movement)
Fukuda Tsuneari (1912-1994) (critic and translator of Shakespeare into Japanese)
form of expression; form of presentation
autumn, the best season for enjoying art
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
physical examination (given at conscription)
shōchū made from sake lees; low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
the press; (in the) newspapers
prison camp; concentration camp; prisoner of war camp; POW camp
benefiting from the influence of a master or parent
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on
artists' world; painting circles
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
to jar; to grate; to make others uncomfortable
please (give me); please (do for me)
Claire; Clare; Clerc; Klaern; Krehl
withdrawal from a group; resignation; secession; unsubscribing (mailing list, etc.)
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
sacred fire; sacred flame; Olympic flame; Olympic torch
being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning