sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
second edition; additional printing
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
even if not; even without
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
to approve; to agree; to inscribe; to praise; to laud
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
memories; recollections; reminiscence
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
attendance (at school); going to school
pupil; student; schoolchild
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
male homosexuality; bill of lading; BL
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
otome game; dating simulation game with a female protagonist and male love interests
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
otome game; dating simulation game with a female protagonist and male love interests
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach