skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
light and darkness; light and shade
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
expression; presentation; representation; notation
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to be needed; to be wanted
finish; end; completion; result
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
a wise man keeps away from danger
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
strong pressure; heavy pressure
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
heaven and earth; top and bottom
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
(written) work; book; writings
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction