compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
publishing house; publishing office
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
printing; impression; issue
commercial version (e.g. of software); production version; release version
information; news; report; reward; retribution
original text; source book; draft
date of issue or publication
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
without permission; without notice
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
alteration; falsification; faking
the public; general public
(involving) payment; (involving) compensation; paying a fee
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
in spite of; regardless of
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
transfer; assignment; conveyance
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
relation; connection; relevance
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress