the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to rank next to; to come after
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
every year; yearly; annually
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
writing vertically; vertical writing
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
writing something on commission; newly written text
like this; this sort; this way
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
pointing out; identification
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
with a start; with a jump
next; secondly; subsequently
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
a long time (since the last time)
to gather in a circle; to form a circle