incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to move to tears; to draw tears; to evoke tears
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
becoming well-known; becoming common knowledge
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
to blame; to find fault with
modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
residing; living; dwelling
South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)
chief; main; principal; important
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this