to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
primary school; elementary school; grade school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
completely; entirely; absolutely; not at all; not in the least
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
someone; a certain person
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
relation; connection; relevance
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
cat hater; dislike of cats
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
faithful dog Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
Saigou Takamori (1828.1.23-1877.9.24)