wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
Okayama (city, prefecture)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to be intimate with; to befriend
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
conviction; belief; confidence
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
container (e.g. shipping); skip
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
digital versatile disc; DVD