non-Japanese celebrity; foreigner celebrity
affiliate blog; affiliate marketing blog
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
monthly mean; monthly average
Vocaloid producer; person producing music using Vocaloid systems
padding (clothing or bedding); insulation; cotton wadding; stuffing (furniture)
cartoon characters; anime characters
to make (one's heart) beat fast (with excitement, etc.); to flutter; to pound
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
Lolita fashion; fashion style characterized by frilly dresses, knee socks and bonnets
to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; (lit.) to have the ladder pulled out from under one
to take off one's clothes; to undress
flat chest; small breasts
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
to break down; to fail; to fizzle; to flop; to peter out; to fall flat
truth is stranger than fiction
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to
desktop personal computer
to give something weight; to give something dignity
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
inventor; designer; planner
finishing writing; completion of a manuscript
addition; adding; supplement
absentmindedly; vacantly; dully; to be unattractive; to be unsophisticated; to be unrefined