cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
to palm off; to force a sale
subway; metro; underground (railway)
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
outside the country; abroad
pregnancy; conception; gestation
area; region; district; locality
infancy; childhood; tender age
commerce; trade; business
instruction; teaching; guidance; informing
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
female friend; woman friend
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
purity; homogeneity; unadorned
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
perusal; one reading; reading through (once)
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
divine tree or island east of China; Fusang; Japan; Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
difficult to obtain; difficult to get
reissue; putting back in print
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement