study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
maintaining order (e.g. in a courtroom)
script; libretto; scenario
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)
one's own handwriting; autograph; as written with a brush
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
Sakaida Kakiemon (1878.9.9-1963.3.7) (1906.9.20-1982.7.3) (1934.8.26-)
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
Imari ware; Imari porcelain
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
hereditary custom; surviving tradition; teachings passed down from previous generations
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease
to go down in history; to remain in history
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
PEN club; club for poets, play-wrights, essayists, editors, novelists
study; diligence; discount; reduction
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
love affair; love relationship
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
Kitamura Toukoku (1868-1894)
arrest; apprehension; capture
to forget completely; to leave behind
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
young greens; young herbs
fallen ume blossoms; fallen ume fruit
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
modern poetry; modern-style poetry
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
invitation; introduction; temptation