to fight against; to oppose; to face
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
invisible person (in science fiction, etc.)
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
interruption; suspension; break
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
serialization; serialisation; serial story
latter half of one's life
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
generation; the world; the age
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)