tenth day of the month; ten days
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
prohibition of sale; ban on sale
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
rather; better; instead; if anything
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
early (days); initial stage; initial
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
state of mind; mentality; psychology
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
depiction; description; portrayal
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
for example; for instance; e.g.
panorama; panoramic painting
Island; insula; island; islet
romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story
second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novelette; novella; short novel
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
property; fortune; assets
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
process; course; mechanism
settlement; solution; resolution
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
construction; establishment
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
single word; a few words; brief comment
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
don't you think?; indicates question
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)