lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
regulation; adjustment; control
pixel; picture element; PEL
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
without; unless; have to do
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
manly; masculine; like a man
loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt
personal (employee); employed; retained
facet (jewel); facet (aspect)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
one's carriage; one's demeanor; agility; body movements
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
manipulation of public opinion
to use X as a selling point
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect; insight
the same book; the said book; ibid.
side effect; adverse reaction
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool