goods offered to a person in distress
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
letter; missive; note; mail
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
editor (in publishing, etc.)
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
sender; consignor; remitter
(writing, painting) brush
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
in the same way as; just like
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
now that you say that; now that you mention it
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
speaking tube; voice pipe
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
castle tower; keep; donjon
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
four (long cylindrical things)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap