east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to be erected; to be built
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
no matter how much time passes
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
murder; killing; murderer
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
period of time; time slot; time zone
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
body; physical system; (the) person
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that