slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
war; battle; match; game; competition
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
practice; practising; training; study
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
irresistibly; suddenly; to be turned on; to be horny
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)
birth; creation; formation
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
drama; play; Chinese opera
depression; recession; slump
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
in succession; one by one
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
state of mind; mentality; psychology
history of Japan; Japanese history
Kasahara Kazuo (1916.6.4-)