entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
library; book collection; paperback book
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
complete works; complete collection; complete series
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
The Asahai Shimbun Company
local news section; the city desk
arts and sciences; liberal arts
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
Kusano Shinpei (1903.5.12-1988.11.12)
forerunner; precursor; pioneer; outrider; outriding
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
style of a poem; style of poetry
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
sensibility (artistic, moral); (good) taste; sentiment
(way of) literary composition; (way of) spelling; school composition
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving