archipelago; group of islands
calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
income; earnings
income tax
first day; opening day
initial salary; starting salary; entry-level salary
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
punishment; penalty
first edition
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)
book review
disposal; throwing away; selling off
preface; foreword; introduction
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
prescription (of medicine); formula
study; library
prescription
curtain-raiser; prologue
common people; ordinary people; masses
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
general affairs
book title
signature; autograph
striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication
document; letter
book; volume
assistant official
possession; ownership
actress; female actor
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
owner
required; needed; necessary
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)
assistance; support
document; papers
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly
land mine
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
white chrysanthemum
unconsciously; without knowing it; unwittingly; unawares
news; word; tidings; notice; notification; information
to notify; to advise; to inform
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
white feather
investigation; inspection; examination
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); ignoring
buttocks; behind; rump; bottom; hips
acquaintance
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
one's own strength; one's own efforts
to step back; to move back; to retreat
municipal; city
private (establishment)
autonomy (in Kantian ethics)
independence; self-reliance