Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
exchange of courtesies (cordialities); fraternization; fraternisation
speech impediment; speech disorder
historical view; view of history (from a given point of view)
internal organs; intestines; viscera
diagnosis; medical examination
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
theatre; theater; playhouse
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
script; screenplay; scenario
self-annotation of one's writings
(arch.) girl; (arch.) young (unmarried) woman; (grown) woman; lady; (someone else's) wife
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
mourning (dead persons); memorial
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
willpower; energy; vitality
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
old age; old person; the old; the aged
to bow (of one's back, e.g. due to age); to bend
low (level, value, price, etc.)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
visual hallucination; vision
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital
Shinto rites; Shinto style
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
cosmos; common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)