conflict; fighting each other
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
understanding person; supporter
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
essay; tentative assumption
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
pioneering; path-breaking; trailblazing
Karatani Koujin (1941.8-)
revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
family; members of a family
ibid.; the above-mentioned publication
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
light; faint; pale; fleeting
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
everywhere; at every turn