writing (e.g. as a profession)
serial; serialized novel; serialised novel
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
social page (of newspaper); local news page
without; but if; otherwise; or else
conviction; belief; confidence
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
regret; repentance; remorse
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to repeat; to do something over again
to arrive; to reach; to adhere; to insist on; to put on; to wear
literary art; literary activity; writing
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
Shikoku region (incl. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
body; group; party; company; troupe
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
propriety; fitness; aptitude
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
contemporary novel; modern novel
I-novel; novel narrated in the first person
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
one's (living) environment