scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
chance; opportunity; occasion
painter; artist; illustrator
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
long hair (usu. of a man)
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
practising law; legal processes in running a country; method; way; magic
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
night view; night skyline; nightscape
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular