beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
light; faint; pale; fleeting
chief; main; principal; major
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
Ueda Akinari (1734.7.25-1809.8.8)
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
translation with notes; translator's notes
library; book collection; paperback book
affidavit; deposition; testimony
NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
Ayukawa Tetsuya (1919.2-)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
original author (of a work)
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location