hard worker; person who perseveres; person who doesn't give up; eager beaver; bitter-ender
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
if so; in that case; in that situation
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
(cash) register; checkout (counter); cashier
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
debut work; one's first work
to make a lasting impression
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; overdone; over par; overexposure
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
the same; the said; likewise
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to squeeze out; to wring out
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
to inherit; to succeed; to take over