to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
traffic; coming and going; highway
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
whole story; full picture; full particulars
fertility festival; harvest festival
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
discriminatory; discriminative
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
to accept; to receive; to agree
summer vacation; summer holiday
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
saying in addition; postscript; additional remarks
historical treatise; historical discussion
form of expression; form of presentation
ultimate; final; last; eventual
renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue
writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
symposium; round-table discussion
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
lingering odor; lingering odour
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
bipartite; in two parts; double
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter