moment of departure; (on the) point of going out; outset; start; beginning
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
respect for literary culture
stubborn and mean; obstinate and bigoted
anti-microbial; antifungal; antimicrobe
special education; special needs education
to bite at; to snap at; to sink one's teeth into
bidirectionality; interactivity
confabulation; fabrication
unmanly; weak; irresolute; sissy; acting like a woman
dotted line (printing); ellipsis (mark)
geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance
crying wine and selling vinegar; deceptive advertisement
good; favourable; favorable; successful
no!; no no!; no, not at all
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
map (of the inside of a building, station, etc.)
Shuki; Zhu Xi (1130-1200 CE); Chu Hsi
exclusivism; exclusionism
holding (i.e. holding something); holding-pattern (e.g. aircraft)
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
appropriate (urgent) response; expediency
bad habit; evil custom; harmful practice
to act on one's emotions; to be carried away by one's feelings; to get emotional
what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)
hint; intimation; suggestion; inkling
Tayama Katai (1872.1.22-1930.5.13)
used women's clothing such as bloomers and high-school sailor-suit uniforms (esp. as a source of sexual arousal)
flippant; saucy; know-all