inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to subsist; to keep on living
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
cut-in (printing); insertion; inclusion; built-in; predefined; embedded (e.g. software)
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
to some extent; to a certain extent
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
cooperation; coordination; link
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
one by one; one each; one at a time
to pile up; to accumulate
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
top notch; first rate; top-of-the-line; leading
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify