(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction
retirement; resignation; stepping down
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
Oooka Shouhei (1909-1988)
utmost limits; extremity; limit
state of mind; mentality; psychology
Ootsuka Hisao (1907.5.3-1996.7.9)
Miyamoto Yuriko (1899-1951)
release; emission; ejection
war experience; experience of war; memories of war
Shimao Toshio (1917.4.18-1986.11.12)
Takeda Taijun (1912-1976)
genius; prodigy; (person of) great talent; remarkable person
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
Buraiha (post-WWII group of dissolute Japanese writers); Decadent School
Sakaguchi Ango (1906.10.20-1955.2.17)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)