doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
mud; muddy; covered in mud
Kishida Eriko (1929.12.5-)
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
favourite book; favorite book
the moon is beautiful, isn't it?
free translation; liberal translation
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
new translation; post-Xuanzang Chinese translation (i.e. mid 7th century onward)
one's impressions after reading a book
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
day in and day out; all the time
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
anecdote; brief (comic) story