textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
story; tale; talk; discussion
home page; web page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (in snowboarding, skateboarding, etc.); hit point
research institute; (research) laboratory
editor (in publishing, etc.)
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to become fraught with emotion
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
since one was born; (in) all one's life
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
serialization; serialisation; serial story
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
to add (e.g. a postscript)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)