printing; impression; issue
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
fifth day of the month; five days
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
library; book collection; paperback book
original text; source book; draft
publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
multiplication table; times table
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
airline ticket; plane ticket; air ticket
longing; great desire; aspiration
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
nothing but; none other than
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close; deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to burrow through; to dig through
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
fricative; fricative consonant
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
tiled; covered with ceramic tiles
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic
to prowl after; to keep watch on
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to throw into; to dump in together
one's last moment; one's death; one's end