the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
to put in order; to organize; to systematize
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; outstanding work
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
revising (and supplementing); expansion
writing something on commission; newly written text
headquarters; head office; main office
due to the fact that; because of
writing; book; (literary) work
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd (Japanese newspaper company)
to place on (something); to take on board; to give a ride to
top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing); sleeve cap (of Western clothing)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
talk; story; conversation
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
moment by moment; hour by hour
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to pile up; to accumulate
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
feeling keenly; fully realizing