curse; spell; malediction
pet dog; beloved dog; love of dogs; fondness for dogs
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to explain; to dispel doubts
first meeting; first interview with
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
to jump up and down; to hop
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
together; at the same time; same; identical
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to stop (plug) one's ears
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
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)
collection of short stories; collected short stories
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
library; book collection; paperback book
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
The Asahai Shimbun Company
gathering of talented people; group of geniuses
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)