memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
Kobayashi Takiji (1903-1933)
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
I see; that's right; indeed
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
free medical treatment; gratuitous treatment
one bunch; one bundle; one lot
split; division; break up
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
serialization; serialisation; serial story
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
port city; harbor city; harbour city
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss