novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
just the other day; quite recently
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
undoubted; unmistakable; definite
self-destruction; self-sabotage
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
whatever the case; under any circumstances
evil spirit (that can possess people)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
heterosexuality; heterosexual love
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to blaze; to burn brightly
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
to grimace; to make a wry face
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
to miss a chance; to fail to do
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill