clouds and haze; swarm (of people); throng; drove
dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); Hosso sect of Buddhism
night chat; tale told at night; book of informal essays
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
hair dye (for graying hair)
Seto Oohashi; Great Seto Bridge
All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
rushing to get on the train (bus, etc.) before the door closes
kanji "water" radical (radical 85)
disuse; not using; non-usage
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
food with dressing on it (e.g. salad)
post crown; dowel crown; false tooth; "tooth" on a geta clog
uninteresting; boring; not amusing; not fun
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
humerus (upper bone in arm)
hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
being born between January 1 and April 1 (school entrance date)
Nakahara Chuuya (1907-1937)
first shrine visit of New Year
coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
city hospital; municipal hospital
worldly wisdom; gumption; stingy person
the world of music; the music world
external angle; exterior angle; outside corner
groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues
empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish
strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste
department of science and engineering
diaphragmatic breathing; abdominal breathing