to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
already; now; no longer; not any more
town; city; municipal; urban
comparatively; relatively
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to be conspicuous; to stand out
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
line; queue; procession; matrix
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
cloth dyed in a dappled pattern; pattern of white spots; dapples; mochi containing red bean paste; (arch.) fawn
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
portrait of deceased person
head; lead; vanguard; first
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
country; territory; domain; realm
Saitou Mokichi (1882-1953)
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
writing songs or poems; poem
(garden) balsam; Impatiens balsamina
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
newspaper story (article, account)
war; battle; match; game; competition
individual; private person; personal; private
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
contest; comparison; competition