sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
reissue; putting back in print
difficult to obtain; difficult to get
land east of China; Japan
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
compilation; editing; recording
multiplication table; times table
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)
purity; homogeneity; unadorned
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
impossible; unlikely; improbable
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
grandfather; male senior-citizen
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
G; g; gram; (acceleration due to) gravity
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
spirit world; underworld; the next world
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
source (e.g. quotation); authority
to concern; to be related