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library; book collection; paperback book

1

writing something on commission; newly written text

3

poison

1

wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships

1

trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

1

Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

1

moving; changing residence; change of address

2

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

52

Bungei Shunju (publisher); Bungei Shunju (magazine)

6

tree cricket (Oecanthus longicauda)

1

lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

1

remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

2

Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)

16

twenty-six

2

cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

1

South America

1

return to one's country

1

figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

1

hand drum

1

ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

3

the literary world; literary circles

4

imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

1

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

The Asahai Shimbun Company

1

Yoshida Ken'ichi

1

Oooka Shouhei (1909-1988)

2

Fukuda Tsuneari (1912-1994) (critic and translator of Shakespeare into Japanese)

2

potted tree

1

stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet

1

belle; (town) beauty

1

crossword puzzle

1

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

2

secret; mystery

2

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

2

traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue

2

anthology

2

morning sun

1

opening (of uncultivated land)

1

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

1

Yukio

1

(coming to a) sudden stop

1

to write (a play, book, filmscript, etc.)

3

magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine

1

prize; award

4

selection committee member; member of a screening committee

3

first time; first; initial

1

literary prize

3

winning (a prize)

6