course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
tele; Terret (wine grape variety)
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
Kadokawa Shoten (publisher)
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd (Japanese newspaper company)
Bunshun Bunko (paperback label)
Bungeishunju (publishing company and magazine)
gathering of talented people; group of geniuses
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
to say; to tell; to state; to do
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
take this opportunity (to apologize, thank, explain, etc.)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties