Ikenami Shoutarou (1923.1.25-1990.5.3)
Shibata Renzaburou (1917.3.26-1978.6.30)
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute
immediately; at once; instantly
you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
sudden change; complete change
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to have an idea; to have a clue
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to go along; to walk along; to follow
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
something; some kind of; for some reason
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work