active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
author; writer; novelist; artist
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
full of things one could poke fun at; full of inconsistencies; absolutely ridiculous
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
again; once more; a second time
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...