severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to be smeared; to be covered
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
in this way; along these lines; similarly
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
even more; still more; further
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
head; brains; intellect; understanding
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
second year (college) student; sophomore
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)