uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
it is not (like that) either
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
the literary world; literary circles
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
attendance; presence; appearance
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to discuss; to talk together
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
even if; even though; however; no matter how
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)