high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
tag; slip; label; sticker
war; battle; match; game; competition
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
complimentary copy of a book
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
meanwhile; in the meantime
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
in proportion to; just as much as
municipal office; council; city hall
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
delivery; transfer; hand-over
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
being too late; losing one's final chance
even if; even though; however; no matter how
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
flourish of trumpets; fanfare
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
not yet known; unknown; strange
to be attacked by a disease
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
probability; likelihood; chances
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring