if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
book; volume; this; present; main; head
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
important point; point to make note of
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
fully prepared; all ready
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
because of; owing to; due to
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer