strong point; selling point; forte; specialty; attraction
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
outline; summary; argument
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
please (give me); please (do for me)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
novel; story; (work of) fiction
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
electronic book; e-book; electronic banking; electron beam; exchangeable bond
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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 ...
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
proofreading; calibration