way; method; means; resource; course
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
food crisis; food-supply crisis
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
boobs; boobies; breasts; breast milk
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
this occasion; at this time; now
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
calamity; disaster; accident
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
at; in; at; when; by; with
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
beginning; outset; first; onset
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
short story; short film; short poem
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh