overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
businessman; industrialist
Matsunaga Yasuzaemon (1875.12.1-1971.6.16)
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
private funds; own funds; private property
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
inexpensive hotel operated by a local government
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
recommendation; referral; endorsement
Sawayanagi Masatarou (1865.5.17-1927.12.24)
education world or circles
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
making an attempt; trial run
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
hard fight; difficult struggle
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
that country; (arch.) nirvana
first part; first volume; prequel
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles; female partner (in a relationship)
reading through; reading over
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
not covered (by); not subject (to)
refugee; exile; displaced persons
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning
kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
attending (upon); keeping another company