easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
mental; spiritual; emotional
reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
complete stranger; total stranger
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
sweating; perspiration; sudation; hidrosis; diaphoresis
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
casualties; the killed and wounded
outhouse (from which night-soil may be collected); privy
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
no!; no no!; no, not at all
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
company name; name of a company
going alone; doing by oneself
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
less than ...; smaller ...
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
contemporary novel; modern novel
top hundred; hundred best
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
selling like mad; selling like hotcakes; flying off the shelves
outward appearance; apparent