boy; son; baby boy; young man
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
charming; fascinating; attractive
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to need; to call for; to require
beginning; outset; first; onset
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
100,000; hundred thousand
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
Shōsetsuka ni Narō (novel self-publishing website)
(a) study (e.g. in music, art, sculpture, etc.); etude; practice piece
now; the present time; just now; another; more
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
various foods cooked together; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; mulligan stew
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
author; writer; novelist; artist
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)