idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
contingency; fortuity; randomness; unpredictability; haphazardry
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
contemporary novel; modern novel
half and half; fifty-fifty
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair
to write down or convey in full
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
time limit; closing day; deadline
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
and; thereupon; because of that