to work hard; to work diligently
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to be worried; to be troubled
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
to raise one's voice; to shout
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
way of speaking; intimation
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to paint (draw) a picture
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
derivative work (usu. unauthorized and produced by fans, e.g. dōjinshi, fanfiction)
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to look down on; to make light of
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)