to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to become possible; to become able to (do)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
specialization; specialisation
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to dash off; to write freely
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
machine; race car; racing motorcycle
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
meaning; connotation; denotation
drama; play; Chinese opera
dignity; majesty; sanctity
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
the way one works; one's working manner
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
event; phenomenon; matter
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
destination (one is heading towards); goal
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
prescription (of medicine); formula
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of; to get the most out of
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
disk; disc; disk (storage); disc
capacity; volume; capacitance
diversion; putting something to another use
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
innermost depths of one's heart
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
Sōseki; Sōseki Natsume (1867-1916; novelist)