Komuro Naoki (1932-2010.9.4)
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
Tawara Koutarou (1930.11-)
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
writing (especially of a Zen monk); penmanship
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
rubber thongs; rubber flip-flops
leather shoes; leather boots
great success; happy result; good result
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
religious organization; religious organisation
scruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance; rough and uncouth vigor (vigour)
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
Solanaceae (nightshade family of plants)
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language
to like; to love; to be fond of
deeply meaningful; profound; rich (in meaning)
what date?; what's the date?; when?
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
refinement; elegance; grace
to daub; to brush; to touch up
kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar