advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
formal; orthodox; in earnest
walking briskly; determinedly
to become pale; to turn pale
title; index; heading; headline; caption
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
interested person; volunteer; supporter
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
how; in what way; how about; questionable
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
large number (of); many; majority
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
thrifty; frugal; economical
silver ring; bicycle wheel; bicycle
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
illustrated news magazine; pictorial
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
Luoyang (China); Kyoto (alternative name)
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
reissue (of a discontinued magazine, etc.); republication; reprint; resumption of publication