library; book collection; paperback book
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
limited company; company structure for small businesses, abolished in 2006 (YK)
publishing house; publishing office
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
coronation ceremony; enthronement
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
whole face; all over one's face
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
every year; yearly; annually
imperial throne; the Crown
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper