to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
hit (film, song, book, etc.); bestseller; blockbuster
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
almost; roughly; approximately
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
everything working out as desired
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
willpower; energy; vitality
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to flare up; to burst into flames
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
true character; true heart; true spirit
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely