legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
liner; line drive; liner; ocean liner; liner (of a coat, etc.); lining
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
drift; drifting (driving technique); controlled skid
ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
long hair (usu. of a man)
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
broadcast(ing) satellite; BS; satellite television
communications satellite; container ship; customer satisfaction; multiple chemical sensitivity; Climax Series (annual playoff system used by Nippon Professional Baseball); computer science; CS
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
these days; nowadays; recently
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive