placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.)
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear
thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
unmarried; not yet married
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
whatever misfortune happens; (lit.) even if spears fall out of the sky
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
revolving lantern; ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)
to become fraught with emotion
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
female fox; vixen; she-fox; woman who deceives men
adult; mature; grown-up; sexy; erotic
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
imitation; fake; counterfeit; sham
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novella; short novel
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release of fish (into a river, pond, etc.); stocking with fish (a river, etc.); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to spend time (on doing something)
double take (esp. out of surprise)
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple
day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date
Sazae-san (Japanese comic character)
form; method; system; formula
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); autumn bellflower
standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series
taste; flavor; taste; liking
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
bright; intelligent; clever; smart