to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
master; teacher; stable master
to do for (the sake of someone else)
president (of a society); chairman
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to go out and away; to leave
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)
one of these days; someday; one day
to rank next to; to come after
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
naked eye; the physical eye
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
last century; ancient times
to make one's own; to take possession of
matter of time; question of time