universal serial bus; USB
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
triple time; three important requisites
fragment; one of the group or party
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
lively group (usu. young people); dynamic bunch; group (art)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
Kuwabara Takeo (1904.5.10-1988.4.10)
arts and sciences; liberal arts
frunk; front trunk (e.g. of a car)
international; diplomatic intercourse
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll