planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
collection of short stories; collected short stories
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
stairs; stairway; staircase
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
iridescent clouds; glowing clouds
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
excellent; superb; first-rate
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
master; masterhand; maestro
Tsutsui Yasutaka (1934.9-)
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll