edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
series (of publications); library (set of books)
Takagi Akimitsu (1920.9.25-)
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
trial; judgement; judgment
Ayukawa Tetsuya (1919.2-)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
lovers' suicide; double suicide
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
southern part; the south (of a region)
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
Yuuki Shouji (1927.2.5-1996.1.24)
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
Yamada Fuutarou (1922.1-)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
catalogue of books; catalog of books
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
all; entire; whole; altogether
counter for books; volume
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
don't you think?; indicates question