president (of a society); chairman
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
price; cost; value; worth; value
Munakata Shikou (1903.9.5-1975.9.13)
that kind; competition; match
detached; aloof; indifferent
Umehara Ryuuzaburou (1888.3.9-1986.1.16)
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
journal; magazine; periodical
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
in one's own way or style
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
love story; romance; love affair
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
Okamoto Tarou (1911.2.26-1996.1.7)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
(one's) figure; build; physique; style