novel; story; (work of) fiction
practical question; practical problem; practical matter
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
few decades; many decades; several decades
capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi (sword; one of the three Imperial regalia); Ame-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
training; education; development; cultivation
the same; the said; likewise
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
in succession; one by one
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
infancy; childhood; tender age
to come back (of an illness, cold weather, etc.); to return; to recur; to happen again
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
former (incumbent); predecessor
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to keep in mind and do as one has been told; to learn and obey; to act in accordance; to comply