episode; anecdote; vignette
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
newly-released music; new release (CD, album, etc.); new score; new composition
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
another company; other company
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
dogwood (Cornus controversa)
happiness in the next world
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
kana orthography; syllabary spelling
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
to translate; to interpret
drama; play; Chinese opera
quotation; citation; reference
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
original story; original version; this volume
insertion; incorporation; infixing