compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
emphasis; stress; main point; point of a lever where force is applied
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
real life; actual life; everyday life
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to lose sight of; to miss
(full-length) novel; long novel
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
folklore studies; folkloristics
Yanagita Kunio (1875.7.31-1962.8.8)
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
nervous disorder; neurosis
to change completely; to change suddenly
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
the government; Administration
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
minister of state; cabinet minister (Japan)
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
huge rock; massive boulder
General Staff Headquarters
head; leader; prime minister
all parts; various parts; every department
to lead; to command; to superintend; to supervise; to press; to demand
(one's) administrative responsibilities
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
supervision; management; supervisor; manager
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
attendance; presence; appearance
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian