kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense
sales; selling; marketing
distribution; circulation
book making (binding, publishing)
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
unknown; obscure; insignificant
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
Higashino Keigo (1958.2.4-)
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to finish reading; to read through
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
stimulating; exciting; provocative
murder; homicide; manslaughter
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers
murder; killing; murderer
finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
railroad; railway; rail transport
detention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II
war; fighting; fierce competition
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to be a matter of life or death
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing