tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
library; book collection; paperback book
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
examination; investigation; prosecution
one's own work; making by oneself
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
on the street; around town; the world; the public
circulation; dissemination
indeed; really; truly; very much
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
Nosaka Akiyuki (1930.10-)
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
imitation of classical styles
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
while; during; while; although; all; both
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
history of; experience of