behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
practicality; utility; usefulness
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
way of calling (something or someone)
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
editor (in publishing, etc.)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)