comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
keyboard (piano, computer, etc.)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
proposal; proposition; suggestion
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
world; society; people; the public
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
meaning; significance; sense
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
tendency; trend; inclination
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
(some) more; even more; longer; further
near oneself; close to one; familiar
expression; presentation; representation; notation
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to pile up; to accumulate
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
jewel; gem; gem (of a story, essay, etc.); accomplished work; beautiful piece