(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
scandal; deplorable event
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
round shape; circle; circular form
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
directionality; directivity
heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to make sense; to be meaningful
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
as; because; with; due to
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)