the other day; a few days ago
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to jar; to creak; to grate
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
author; writer; novelist; artist
debut work; one's first work
indeed; really; truly; very much
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
at once; immediately; right now
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
society; public; community; social studies
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
a help; an aid; some assistance