clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
Tayama Katai (1872.1.22-1930.5.13)
Shiga Naoya (1883.2.20-1971.10.21)
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
university graduate; having graduated from university
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to graduate from a university
leaving school during a term
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
serious; not joking; straight
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
mapping; aligning related information, objects, etc.; mapping; mapping; cartography
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion