story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
the whole world; the universe
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
murder; killing; murderer
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
chief; main; principal; major
aforementioned; above-mentioned
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
writing something on commission; newly written text
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
image; figure; figure; form; image
life; living; I; me; student
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Libra (constellation); the Scales
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
refinement; elegance; grace
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
writing (e.g. as a profession)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
after that; afterwards; thereafter
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")