fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
only; merely; but; no more than
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
bashful; shameful; ashamed
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
home area; home town; local
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
reality; actuality; hard fact
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
moderate; proper; just right
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
now that; since; so long as; because
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)