year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
banning of books; banned book
catalogue; catalog; list of betrothal presents; gift register; (table of) contents; certificate of initiation
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
recommendation; referral; endorsement
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
Kikuchi Hideyuki (1949.9-)
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
processing speed; handling speed
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
old town; old part of a city
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
to erase all trace of something
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
to shave off; to scrape off
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
small hill; low hill; hillock
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
mask of a devil; startling appearance; devil's face
to emboss; to carve in relief; to bring to the fore; to accentuate; to throw into relief
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar