essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
putting into operation; invocation
common people; ordinary people; masses
body and soul; mind and body
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
unique; peculiar; singular
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to indicate; to show; to point to
this country; our country
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
single word; a few words; brief comment
to say; to tell; to state; to do
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
near; close; beside; third person
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
marshland; wetland; swampland
madness; craziness; insanity
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
general (variety) store (shop)
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
edge of town; outskirts of a village
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop