enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward
postcard; memo; note; card
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
must-read; required reading
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
primer; manual; introductory book
well-known; noted; celebrated
showing no fear, even of God
person of extraordinary talent; wonder; marvel
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
to understand from experience
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
book with the look and layout of a magazine
pick-up artist; masher; skirt chaser
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
unique type; one of a kind
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
raw materials; ingredients
the king of fruits (ref. to durian)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops