god of death; death deity; Death
great war; great battle; world war
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
early (days); initial stage; initial
nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
frivolity; levity; shallowness; superficiality
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)
leader; authority; mainstay
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
don't you think?; indicates question
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to some extent; to a certain extent
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
in the end; at the end of the day
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
beginning (of a century, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness