community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
face with no make-up; sobriety
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
study; research; investigation
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
serialization; serialisation; serial story
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
woman writer; lady writer; authoress
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
editor (in publishing, etc.)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
interference; meddling; butting in
one's best interests; one's own good
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
on the occasion of; at the time of
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
professor; teaching; instruction