binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
residing; living; dwelling
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
and then; and so; and; so then
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
the same; the said; likewise
transfer student; student changing schools
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
Oobayashi Nobuhiko (1938.1-)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
counter for books; volume
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
author; writer; novelist; artist
reading matter; reading material
association; society; organization; organisation
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
multiplication table; times table