hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
(full-length) novel; long novel
being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
telephone call; telephone (device)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
(very) happy; euphoric; buoyant; walking on air
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
ability to think up names; knack for naming things
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
this and that; various things
change of title; retitling; changed title
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
senior high school; high school
junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs