maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
distrust; unjust suspicion
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to be on edge; to get nervous; to feel tense
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
business; trade; operations; sales
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
that; the matter in question
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort