to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
background image; static image
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
three; three years of age
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
special; particular; peculiar; unique
when it becomes; when it comes to
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
one thin flat object; one sheet
drawing of a character in a standing pose (in video games)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
unrestrained; unreserved; candid; frank
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
place; room; margin; scope
bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand
(having) same family and personal name
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person