imperial envoy; imperial messenger
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
man of letters; literary man
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
vivid description; painting a lively picture (of)
dark reddish-brown; liver color
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
suddenly; all of a sudden
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
strange disease; rare disease
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
erudition; extensive learning
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
nice; likeable; desirable
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
metallic sound; metallic clank
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky