a few years ago; some years back
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
chief; main; principal; important
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
book; volume; this; present; main; head
female high-school student
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to feel; to sense; to experience
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
near; close; beside; third person
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
chief; main; principal; major
point in common; common feature
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out