collection of short stories; collected short stories
must-read; required reading
aforementioned; above-mentioned
emo; sad; melancholic; erotic in a disgusting way
anecdote; brief (comic) story
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
to make a list; to enumerate
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
adaptation (from); rebaking
righteousness; justice; right
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
quitting while one is ahead
postponement; deferment; adjournment
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
traditional Chinese medicine
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
all compositions; the entire composition
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
viaduct; overhead bridge; overpass; land bridge (biogeography)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest