(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
without a history; historyless; unhistoried; unstoried
marshland; wetland; swampland
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
great emperor; ... the Great
reform; reformation; reorganization
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
international language; world language; global lingua franca; constructed international auxiliary language (e.g. Esperanto)
artery; arterial road; major route
adding eyes and other finishing touches to an animal painting
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
literary history; history of literature
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
30th day of the month; 30 days
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
story; tale; talk; discussion
Oooka Shouhei (1909-1988)
Yasuoka Shoutarō (1920.5-)
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)