otome game; dating simulation game with a female protagonist and male love interests
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
antiquity; the previous era
episode; anecdote; vignette
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
father; dad; husband; you; he
place where one works; construction site; working area
to degenerate; to lapse into
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
in the meanwhile; during the time
to comfort; to console; to amuse
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
pilgrimage to sacred places; visiting the real-life locations used in an anime, manga, etc.
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to look around; to take a view of
to find out; to discover; to locate
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
to continue to do; to persist in doing
metal fittings; metal fixtures
to watch steadily; to stare
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far