to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be silent; to say nothing
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
good family; respectable family; decent family
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
solitude; loneliness; isolation
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
environment; circumstance
difference; discrepancy; variation
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
author; writer; novelist; artist
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
tacit; unspoken; implicit
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
support; backing; aid; assistance
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
Satou Haruo (1892.4.9-1964.5.6)
Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)
Shiga Naoya (1883.2.20-1971.10.21)
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
one by one; one after another; successively