intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
wife; Mrs; proprietress; landlady; large women's size (clothing)
witnessing; observing; sighting
apparently; appears to be
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
very large school; school with a very large number of students; (lit.) mammoth school
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
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 come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
preliminary arrangements; spade work
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living