to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
that day; the very same day
dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
indescribable; having no way to express
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
commerce; trade; business
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
in the end; on top of that
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
company president; manager; director
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
first meeting; first interview with
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
special; particular; peculiar; unique
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone