investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
study; learning; tutorial
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
dawn; daybreak; beginning
Higuchi Kiyoyuki (1909.1.1-1997.2.21)
the same; the said; likewise
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
gathering of talented people; group of geniuses
library; book collection; paperback book
separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume
The Asahai Shimbun Company
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
intelligent; wise; bright; brilliant; clear-sighted
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
the first and second; a few
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar