tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
tendency; trend; inclination
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
in that way; thus; so; so?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
buying a book, manga, etc. because one is a fan of the author
subscription (e.g. to a magazine)
regular customer; valued client
pre-paid card for purchasing books; Tosho card; library book index card
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers
library; book collection; paperback book
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
romantic TV series; romance TV show