to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
without permission; without notice
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
publishing house; publishing office
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
spring water; clear (pure) water
original text; source book; draft
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
printing; impression; issue
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
large number (of); many; majority
poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
Bungeishunju (publishing company and magazine)
(written) work; book; writings
chief; main; principal; important
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style