saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
sincerity; true heart; devotion
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
national traits; national characteristic; character of the inhabitants of a nation
difference; discrepancy; variation
aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
Ryū Shintarō (1900.12.11-1967.12.4)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
British person; Briton; English person; Englishman; Englishwoman
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
with these words; while saying
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
but; however; although; though
tele-; telephone; television; Terret (wine grape variety)
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
maker; builder; creator; farmer
around the world; throughout the world
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
general (supervising) editor; editor-in-chief
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
easy Japanese (that is easily understood by non-native speakers, children, etc.)
to be accustomed to traveling (travelling)