masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
author; writer; novelist; artist
Japan Academy; learned society; academy; institute
account book; register; ledger
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
otherwise; or else; if not
fundamental principles; main lines; outline; summary; general features
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
cabinet (of a government); ministry
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
good-natured person; nice person
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
playing cards; mahjong tiles made of animal bone
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
Bourbon (dynasty in France, Spain)
coffee shop; coffeehouse; café
wife; Mrs; proprietress; landlady; large women's size (clothing)
Staal; Stael; Stahl; Starr
a personal guard or bodyguard