the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
to understand; to comprehend
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia
graduate recruitment; employment of new graduates
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
great writer; major writer
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
no loss or gain; coming out even
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
newspaper with a lot of advertisements and delivered for free of charge
influencer (e.g. on social media)
committing (oneself to); commitment; involvement; commit (data management, version control)
fan club; hobbyist club; amateur association; doujin circle
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene