the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
yotsugana; the four kana (ji, di, zu, du)
difference; variation; difference
Hirayama Teruo (1909.8.16-)
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
a series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
Japan and Britain; Japanese-British; Anglo-Japanese; Japanese-English (translation, interpretation, etc.)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
article; news story; report; account
linguistic psychology; psycholinguistics (esp. from a psychological standpoint)
teaching of English; English teaching
monthly publication; monthly issue
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)