to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
elective subject; elective class
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
counter for books; volume
city library; municipal library; public library
every year; yearly; annually
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
control; management (e.g. of a business)
manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
author; writer; novelist; artist
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)
surely; certainly; without doubt
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright