masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
preface; foreword; preamble
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
talk; dialogue; conversation
counter for books; volume
thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
love; attachment; lovesickness
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
after staying up all night
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
loophole; crenel; crenelle; arrow-slit
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
very popular; highly favoured
shellfish; seashell; shell
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than