technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
(medical) follow-up; observation
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
the staff; inside the department
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
Kubota Utsubo (1877.6.8-1976.4.12)
Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)
to set (sun); to become dark
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to cling to; to stick to; to be wedded to
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
day of spring; spring sun
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
unheard-of; unprecedented
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
government official; clerk
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.); ecdysis
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture