today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000