(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
middle of the night; dead of night
when it becomes; when it comes to
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen
planning; plan; project; arrangements
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
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
to forget completely; to leave behind
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
core; core; hardcore; all-out
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
near; nearby; not far off
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
fiction; fabrication; concoction
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
bill; handbill; flyer; flier; leaflet; poster
suffix for building numbers
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief