confidential; secret; classified
debut work; one's first work
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
emphasizes direct object of action
on sale; available (to buy)
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
first meeting; first contest between
USB; universal serial bus; USB flash drive; USB memory stick
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
Sun; Saint; St; San (people); son
(a bar hostess) coming to work accompanied by a customer
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
critical hit; enemy attack dealing heavy damage; devastating blow; crippling strike; crushing damage
variation; variant pattern
Ochanomizu (Tokyo district); Ochanomizu (Kyogen play)
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
to throw up; to vomit; to divulge; to reveal; to confess
official announcement; proclamation
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
sound of something being powerfully ejected
personal guidance; tutoring
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
Wagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle); Wagyu beef
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)
boiling (something); voile (type of fabric)
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault