hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
graphic artist; CGI artist; video game artist
coating (esp. lacquering)
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
to live; to reside; to inhabit
Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus); northern sea lion
row house built on top of a castle wall; row houses surrounding a main residence; having great knowledge about Buddhism; Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
latest work (e.g. book, film); newest work; most recent work
end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
cheap, malt-free beer-like alcoholic beverage
will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
under development; in development
trouble; bother; annoyance
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
mobile game (esp. online, free-to-play); social network game
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
making out and being lovey-dovey
only; just; solely; prostitute attached to a single member of the post-WWII occupation forces