complete works; complete collection; complete series
library; book collection; paperback book
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
selection committee; screening committee; nomination committee
among these; between these; of these
nine times; twisting around many times
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
coincident with; while; simultaneously
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to spread; to be propagated
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS
events of the day; current affairs
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
brand items; brand-name goods
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
older sister; elder sister
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum