drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
prohibition; inhibition; ban
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
being produced in a particular region; local specialty
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
date of issue or publication
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
colour; color; hue; tints
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
head; chief; boss; leader
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
stabbing to death; putting out
outside of; not covered by
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in