Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
praise; worship; adoration; glorification
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
Shaku Nihongi (commentary on the Nihon Shoki compiled in the late 13th century)
to set (sun); to become dark
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
on the way back; returning
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
Gion-sha (former name for Yasaka-Jinja)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
festival float mounted with a decorative halberd
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
commercial and industrial men
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
consoling the spirits of the dead
International Whaling Commission; IWC
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
commerce; trade; business
reopening; resumption; restarting
Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)
short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhyncus)
false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus); grampus
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)
carnivorousness; carnivorous
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
perception; sensation; awareness
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact