long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
diffusion index; discomfort index; drug information
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
counter for books; volume
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
for the general public; for the general market
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
exit; way out; outlet; vent
collection of short stories; collected short stories
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
crescent moon; young moon
Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake (1995)
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-