sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
digital versatile disc; DVD
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
library (usu. single-room); small library
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
media franchising; media mix (advertising strategy); mixed media
novel; story; (work of) fiction
that is to say; so that means
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
then; and (then); in that case; if so
derivative work (usu. unauthorized and produced by fans, e.g. dōjinshi, fanfiction)
without sparing time for sleep
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to