signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
technical book; specialized book; treatise
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
very much; very many; more and more
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
process; course; mechanism
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
as a child; when one was a child
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
just a handful; only a small number (of)
in this way; along these lines; similarly
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
office hours; business hours; working hours
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because