library; book collection; paperback book
award ceremony; prize-giving
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
fax; facsimile; fax machine
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
yen (currency of Japan); circle
tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin); dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex); starfish; body of a person struck by a train; person unconscious due to alcohol
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
largest class; top category
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
both; both sides; both parties
guaranteed; authentic; certified
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
taking into consideration; making allowances (for); reserve; restraint; leniency
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis