to write from top to bottom; to write out (at a stretch); to write without a pause; to rewrite classical Chinese in Japanese word order
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
hotcake; (American) pancake
television program; TV program
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
full length; total length; overall length
groundwater; underground water
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to stay calm; to keep cool
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
deity with extraordinary spiritual powers
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
award of excellence; merit award
(very) short story or article; short short story; conté
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
weird; disgusting; sickening
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions