Christmas Eve; holy night
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
town; city; municipal; urban
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
function; facility; faculty; feature
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
book; volume; this; present; main; head
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to mix; to stir; to blend
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
form; shape; figure; visage
when it becomes; when it comes to
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
android; Android (mobile operating system)