acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
link; directory entry; rink
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
library; book collection; paperback book
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
(written) work; book; writings
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
lively group (usu. young people); dynamic bunch; group (art)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
breastfeeding; nursing; suckling
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
department (faculty) of literature
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection