shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
War and Peace (1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy)
Tolstoy; Tolstoi; Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910; Russian writer)
New Library of Knowledge (series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha)
recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
Christer; Kristel; Kurisuteru
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
island in a pond or river
maar (broad, shallow volcanic crater); marc (brandy distilled from pomace wine); marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryō period); tax in kind; mediocrity
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
publishing house; publishing office
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
printing; impression; issue
commercial version (e.g. of software); production version; release version
original text; source book; draft
date of issue; date of publication
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
without permission; without notice
reproduction; duplication; reprinting