free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
practical problem; practical matter
decrease; reduction; decline
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
end; close; conclusion; termination
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
comic books; comics; comic; comical
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode
person to be reckoned with; person of importance; one person; one character; someone
vitality; (one's) life force
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
unkindness; unfriendliness
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
Kuwabara Takeo (1904.5.10-1988.4.10)
Tula (Russia); Toulat; Tura
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best