work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
scene; sight; scenario; setting
clear solution; clean decision
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
pursuing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
author; writer; novelist; artist
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
library; book collection; paperback book
silver prize; silver award; silver medal; second-place prize
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to have the privilege of doing
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
devil; evil spirit; genie
death game; genre of fiction in which characters participate in a contest where their lives are at stake
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
earth; ground; earthing; Earth
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
main cause; primary factor
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
printed edition (of a book, etc.)
outline; summary; gist; basic points
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
proofreading; calibration
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum