pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
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
society; public; community; social studies
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
necromancy; spiritism; spiritualism
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
to practice magic; to practise magic
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
considerably; greatly; a lot
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
another thing; exception; special case
together with; same; both; all; including ...
sense of values; values; value system
progress; advance; improvement; development
as; because; with; due to
root; source; origin; cause
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses