news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
workshop; studio; atelier
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
door; gate; opening; title page
intelligence gathering; information gathering
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
explanation; interpretation
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
feeding (animals); provisioning
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
lift-up (seat, bra, etc.); facelift
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
third day of the month; three days
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
society for the study of manga; manga club
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic