proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
start of a romance; beginning of love
trivial; not amounting to much
way; method; means; resource; course
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
deep-seated grudge; hatred
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
everybody; every last one of them; all
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
westward trip; trip to the West
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
action; operation; effect; function
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
for the first time in one's life
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
fertile shoot of field horsetail
likability; favorability; popularity