acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
link; directory entry; rink
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
foreign; abroad; overseas
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
recital; recitation; public reading
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
(written) work; book; writings
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
international; diplomatic intercourse
Japanese person; Japanese people
English version; English translation
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
Brahman; Brahma; ultimate reality of the universe (in Hinduism)
that year; same year; same age
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)