counter for books; volume
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
way; method; means; resource; course
dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to attack; to assault; to assail
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
speech; expression; wording; language
vocal sound; tone of voice
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
complete stranger; total stranger
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
commander; commanding officer; CO