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one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

5

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

1

3rd day of the month; three days

1

works cited; references

1

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

2

solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

1

translation and annotation; translation with notes; translator's notes

1

stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK

6

Chikuma

1

study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company

1

nine; 9

2

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

2

23rd day of the month; 23 days

1

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)

1

Kokin Wakashū (Heian-period collection of poetry)

1

notes; comment; remark; annotation

1

six; 6

2

Kubota Jun

1

(written) work; book; (written) by; clearness; obviousness

4

arts and sciences; liberal arts

1

publication

2

Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

1

four years

1

March; third month of the lunar calendar

1

25th day of the month; 25 days

1

the four seasons

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

3

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

1

autumn; fall

1

Aragaki Hideo

1

Iida Ryūta

1

Ikenobou Sen'ei (1933.7-)

1

western mountains; mountains to the west; Nishiyama (western area of Kyoto)

1

Matsunosuke

1

(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director

1

storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

1

company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body

2

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned

1

sixty; 60

1

three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

1

18th day of the month; 18 days

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

1

science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science

1

rock; boulder; crag

1

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

1

bookshop; bookstore

1

nineteen; 19

2