contract; compact; agreement
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to approach; to draw near
to solicit; to demand; to extort
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)
residing; living; dwelling
fighting game (esp. one-on-one)
Shōsetsuka ni Narō (novel self-publishing website)
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
influence (on someone); inspiration
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
serialization; serialisation; serial story
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
the same; the said; likewise
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience