work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
interval; break; pause; spare moment
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
writing (e.g. as a profession)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
successively; one after another
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
account book; register; ledger
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
schedule; program; programme; agenda
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
kitchen; financial situation
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
double; twice (as much); twofold
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious