to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
Japanese food; Japanese meal
you (plural); all of you; you all
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
first meeting; first interview with
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
together with; same; both; all; including ...
surname; family name; last name
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
Shōsetsuka ni Narō (novel self-publishing website)
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
Do Not Enter; No Entry; Wrong Way
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
you could say that; that might be so
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to raise one's voice; to shout