fuse; pilot light; cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
recitation; reciting from memory
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
verification; confirmation; on-site inspection (by a judge, investigator, etc.) to gather physical evidence; verification
theatre-going; theater-going
word for word; verbatim; literally
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)
mayfly; ephemerality (of life); (arch.) dragonfly
extract; excerpt; selection
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
memory; ability to remember
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
powerful family; powerful clan
consanguineous group; kin group
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
uji-kabane system; system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)