knowing; (an) acquaintance
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
debut work; one's first work
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
to recall; to remember; to recollect
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
very; extremely; excessively
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
now; the present time; just now; another; more
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just