Yanagita Kunio (1875.7.31-1962.8.8)
Orikuchi Shinobu (1887.2.11-1953.9.3)
folklore studies; folkloristics
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
scene; sight; scenario; setting
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to talk; to chat; to chatter
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout