please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
fate; chance; relationship; tie
every person; each one; everybody
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
spin; rotation; spin (in PR, politics, etc.); ribbon bookmark (attached to the binding)
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
children's literature; juvenile literature
short story; short film; short poem
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)
Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced; something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to be clear; to be distinct; to be skillful; to be skilful; to be well-executed; to get cold
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
primary school; elementary school; grade school
library (usu. single-room); small library
beyond oneself; beyond one's ability; exceeding one's power
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
educational institution; school; academy; campus
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous
these days; nowadays; recently
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
method; method (in object-oriented programming)
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
library; book collection; paperback book