interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
concord; harmony; concert
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
warding off evil; protecting against misfortune
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
Kinokuniya; Kinokuniya (book store chain)
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
Bungeishunju (publishing company and magazine)
Bunshun Bunko (paperback label)
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
purity; homogeneity; unadorned
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
society; public; community; social studies
NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
a series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha
library; book collection; paperback book
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)