to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
final selection (e.g. of applicants); final screening; shortlisting
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
tenth day of the month; ten days
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
ten; 10; ten years of age
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
indeed; really; truly; very much
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
to rank next to; to come after
fixed date; appointed day
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
reality; actuality; hard fact
when it becomes; when it comes to
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
either way; in any case; one way or another
that day; the very same day
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to order; to command; to appoint
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another