self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
optimism; taking an optimistic view
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to read through (difficult passage or particularly long book)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
a great variety of; diversity
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
town; city; municipal; urban
construction; establishment
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
at a stroke; with a single swoop
metre; meter; meter; gauge
Fujita Shouzou (1908.3.1-1987.1.16)
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
January; first month of the lunar calendar
collection (e.g. literary works); collected edition
postwar period; period after Second World War
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
utmost limits; extremity; limit
living together; communal life; cohabitation
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
pessimism; disappointment