wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
table of contents; contents
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
curious; strange; unusual
first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
every person; each one; everybody
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
to read in succession (e.g. by many readers)
electronization; digitization; computerization
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
woman writer; lady writer; authoress
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
true to one's name; living up to one's name
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
tax and service charge included; all-inclusive; with everything included
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
stillness; repose; standing still
police investigator; investigator
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to machine; to cut; to scrape
keyboard (piano, computer, etc.)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to compose; to put together
nippers; diagonal pliers; wire cutters
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to leave as it is; to defer
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
having lost face; in a bind