because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
at first; in the beginning; originally
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
children's story; fairy tale
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
video camera; video camcorder
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
novel; original; new; innovative
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
one by one; one after another; successively
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
tenth day of the month; ten days
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial