in spite of; regardless of
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
(involving) payment; (involving) compensation; paying a fee
change; alteration; modification
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
without permission; without notice
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
pre-nuptial doubts; wedding blues
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
original text; source book; draft
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
a help; an aid; some assistance
to get strong; to gain strength
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)
Shangri La (from Lost Horizon, 1933 novel by James Hilton); Shangri-La
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
form of expression; form of presentation
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state