being very talented and intelligent; talented and intelligent person
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
poor piece of work; rubbish; one of my works
much-talked-about; recently popular; in vogue
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
soup made from boiling leftover fish scraps; fishhead soup
12th anniversary of one's death
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
company that treats its employees well; company supporting a good work-life balance
to go through several printings; to run into several editions
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
shopping street in the precincts of a shrine (temple)
globe-trotting; traveling (around) the world
one's impressions after reading a book
history of one's love affairs
point of dissatisfaction; complaint; gripe; issue
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
strike while the iron is hot
virtuous cycle; virtuous circle
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
second; secant; sec; dry wine taste
big splash; big response; major repercussions
to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction
to write (a play, book, filmscript, etc.)
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
brush up (i.e. fine tune, polish up, revise)
additional printing (esp. of books, etc.); additional run
reading but not responding to a text message (in a chat application); leaving (someone) on read
to watch what one says; to mind one's language
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
loving couple; couple of lovebirds; happily married couple (who are always together)
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
cooking program; cookery show
to leave to one's imagination
rolled Japanese-style omelette