true state; actual condition; reality
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Boys (The Shirelles song)
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
who's who; directory; social register
tree swayed by the wind; (arch.) thinking about one's deceased parents
library; book collection; paperback book
drifting; drift; being adrift
society; public; community; social studies
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
gathering of talented people; group of geniuses
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
January; first month of the lunar calendar
going alone; doing by oneself
writing something on commission; newly written text
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-