little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
monthly publication; monthly issue
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
serialization; serialisation; serial story
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
to be absorbed in reading
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
great laughter; burst of laughter
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
hotcake; (American) pancake
losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
living by oneself; living alone
another; different; something else
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
untouched; unused; intact