the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
failure; mistake; blunder
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
many; much; plenty; hardly
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
time; hour; period; class
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to take a veneer off something
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
such; like that; that sort of; very
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in