to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
pilgrimage to sacred places; visiting the real-life locations used in an anime, manga, etc.
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
summary site; aggregator; type of site which features summaries of online discussion threads and blogs
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
individual; private person; personal; private
management; administration; operation
article; news story; report; account
to drink up; to drain (cup)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
writing; composition; essay; sentence
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
this world; this life; world of the living
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
writing system using unconventional characters and symbols, esp. used by young women in texting
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
screen name; username; handle
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
world; society; people; the public
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle