house of a prince of the blood
Yamamoto Kansai (1944.2-)
hair and makeup artist; beautician; hair-dresser
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
Okamoto Tarou (1911.2.26-1996.1.7)
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
festival; feast; carnival
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
beauty of form (oft. used of nature); beauty of a sculpted shape