instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
honorific affix; honorific prefix
propulsive power; driving force
main battery; main armament
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
a long time (since the last time)
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
these days; nowadays; recently
How are things with you?; How are you doing?
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
marshland; wetland; swampland
bracken-starch dumpling; type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
Franckenstein; Frankenstein
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
pages (in a book) out of order due to an error in binding
original picture; key frame; key animation
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
best regards; please take care of; please do
to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse