Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
catapult; ballista; mangonel; onager; trebuchet
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
department (faculty) of literature
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
from the viewpoint of; according to
club (esp. for devotees or fanciers of some subject or activity)
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
(an) if (e.g. in history)
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
dakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant
words used by young people; slang
dropping the "ra" in the potential form of verbs formed with "-rareru"
sa-added word (i.e. causative forms with an extra 'sa' like 'ikasaseru' for 'iku')
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
all-America; pan-American; all of America
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)