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
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
large number (of); many; majority
(written) work; book; writings
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
one eye; one of one's eyes
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
Ooyabu Haruhiko (1935.2.22-1996.2.26)
dragon god; dragon king; naga
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
collection of short stories; collected short stories
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)
mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
special award; special prize
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
special issue; extra issue; special number
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times