one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
this (very thing); this precisely
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
materials; data; document
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to be in danger of; to be liable to
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
outside of; not covered by
that is to say; so that means
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
society for the study of manga; manga club
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of