Yasuoka Shoutarou (1920.5-)
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
serial; serialized novel; serialised novel
fate; destiny; predestination
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
intensive; concentrated; focused
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
(period of) a year; during an era
one day; (on) a certain day
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
number one; first; best; most; game; round
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)