zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
to throw at; to turn; to raise
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
Isabel; Isabell; Isabelle
(United States of) America; USA; US
every year; yearly; annually
election; selection; choice
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
outline; summary; argument
Takami Koushun (1969.1.10-)
Battle Royale (novel by Koushun Takami, 1999; film, 2000)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
head; brains; intellect; understanding
war; battle; match; game; competition
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
lyricism; description of one's feelings
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
airsoft (war game using air guns firing plastic pellets); game of survival
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)