to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
lately; recently; these days
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
each; (arch.) you (plural)
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
to be profitable; to yield a profit
Takenaka Heizou (1951.3-)
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to slip out (of words, remarks, etc.); to pour from one's lips; to blurt out
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to wring the neck; to strangle
to strangle; to constrict
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?
male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
fast approach; quick intimacy
true character; true heart; true spirit
person of common sense; common sense man
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
reheating (food); rebaking; remaking (a story); adapting; rehashing
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
society for the study of manga; manga club
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock