illustration (e.g. book); picture
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
revolutionary (e.g. technology)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
Hōgen era (1156.4.27-1159.4.20)
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
Kobayashi Takiji (1903-1933)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
story; tale; talk; discussion
library; book collection; paperback book
hello; good day; good afternoon
finish; completion; the end
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
reproachful; hateful; bitter
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding
to be worried; to be troubled