popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
series (of publications); library (set of books)
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
in order; in turn; one by one
counter for books; volume
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
adaptation (of a poem, novel, etc.); recasting; rewriting; modification; rehashing
beauty of style; beauty of form
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
site; point on a map; spot
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
(referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe