dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
anecdote; brief (comic) story
young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.
spine (of book); binding (of book)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
way of reciting; way of telling a story
sharing; division; draw; tie
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
setting up specially; special installation
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
variety show (e.g. on TV)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
all-night vigil over a body; wake
news of someone's death; obituary
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
to leave this world; to die
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)