level; standard; water level
national traits or character; nationality
vitality; (one's) life force
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
how; in what way; in what manner
spring day; spring sunlight
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
Nakahara Chuuya (1907-1937)
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
desperation; struggle to the death
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
trash house; house overflowing with garbage from hoarding
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
directions; instructions; orders; command
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
(physical) growth; development
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts