Nosaka Akiyuki (1930.10-)
Aoyama Kouji (1913.2.23-)
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
one's mood while traveling (travelling)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
old couple; elderly couple
transcendence; excellence; superiority
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
recollection; reminiscence
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
essence; true nature; substance; reality
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
pastel color; pastel colour
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
pregnancy; conception; gestation
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still