thorough; exhaustive; complete
investigator; one who seeks the way
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic
convenience; benefit; profit
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
framework; frame; structure
nothing but; none other than
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
self-justification; excuse
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
compilation; editing; recording
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
objection; dissent; protest
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
cannot be helped; unavoidable
Toyama (city, prefecture)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house