pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
author; writer; novelist; artist
residing; living; dwelling
Saitama (city, prefecture)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
personal organiser (e.g. Filofax)
leather; leather-bound; leathern
to be fated to; be linked by fate
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
because; for; the reason why is ...
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
a few years ago; some years back
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
being the strongest; being powerful (mighty) without equal
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
both; both sides; both parties
absolutely; positively; decidedly
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly