goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
legend; folklore; tradition
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
serialization; serialisation; serial story
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
crops; agricultural produce
production output; number of goods manufactured
handicraft; industrial art object
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
of course; certainly; naturally
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
around the world; throughout the world
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
military force; military strength
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)