to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
greater than ...; bigger ...
to have a talk; to tell a story
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
journal; magazine; periodical
romantic school; romanticism
Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
Satou Haruo (1892.4.9-1964.5.6)
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
essence; true nature; substance; reality
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
(one's) youth; one's younger days
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness