border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
state of (mental) confusion (agitation)
charm; incantation; spell; curse
letting (someone) die without helping
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
beautiful; good; excellent
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica)
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
great victory; crushing victory
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
Franckenstein; Frankenstein
actor; actress; player; performer
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
power of expression; expressiveness; expressive power
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
new; newly made; newly-built ship; new boat; unmarried woman of about 20; newly-married woman
Amakasu Masahiko (1891.1.16-1945.8.20)