twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
ninth day of the month; nine days
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
right (to do something); authority; power
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
real image; real form; real-life image; true picture
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
the top (e.g. top ten); the best
change in appearance; transformation
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
generation; the world; the age
insubordination; outlawry
Korean person living in Japan
Shiomi Sen'ichirō (1938.2.6-)
being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different); Very sincerely yours; (arch.) peerless; (arch.) unparalleled
editorial committee member; senior staff writer (newspaper)
Sagawa Mitsuharu (1965.2.8-)
Bunshun Bunko (paperback label)
ladder form of "high" kanji
Matsumoto Jiichirō (1887.6.18-1966.11.22)
first volume (in set); volume one; book one