serialization; serialisation; serial story
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
motive power; driving force
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
see you later; goodbye; sincerely
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
town; city; municipal; urban
unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
sweet voice; seductive voice
primary school; elementary school; grade school
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
curious; strange; unusual
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
delicious; tasty; good; nice
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
boisterously; roughly; briskly
resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about