thought; idea; conception
to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
to subsist; to keep on living
drama; play; Chinese opera
writing (e.g. as a profession)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
Japanese person; Japanese people
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
namely; that is (to say); in other words
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in