song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
industrialization; industrialisation
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
Bach (German composer, 1685-1750)
ago; since; before; previous
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
for example; for instance; e.g.
Yoshida Hidekazu (1913.9-)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
tradition; legend; folklore
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state