No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
thought; consideration; thinking
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
second day of the month; two days
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
a good workman does not blame his tools
such; this sort of; like this
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
even though; despite; when
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
tone (of voice); manner of talking
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead