kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
Dracula (novel, film, etc.); Count Dracula
Vlad the Impaler; Vlad Țepeș
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
initial screening (of applicants); preliminary screening
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
number of views (videos, etc.); view count
through a (computer, etc.) screen
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
discipline; training; teaching manners
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
commitment; pledge; promise
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
parallel world; parallel universe
to think alike; to get along
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
copyright; publishing rights
handing over (of a right, property, etc.); transfer; assignment
leadership; initiative; spearhead
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
animation studio; animation production company
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue