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
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
link; directory entry; rink
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
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
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth
(written) work; book; writings
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
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
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
department (faculty) of literature
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume