certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
student (esp. a university student)
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
devoted; self-sacrificing
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
maintenance; preservation; improvement
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum