assumption; supposition; hypothesis
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
to have a well-defined character (of video game, anime, etc. character); to stand out as a character
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
the same generation; coeval
direct unforked road; straight path
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
greatest common divisor; GCD
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
trickster (in mythology); trickster; swindler; trickster; magician
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
and yet; despite (all) that
to remove; to move out of the way
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
to be tired of looking at
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
match declared drawn due to injury
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
(raining) heavily; (water rushing) plentily; with white noise; with a buzz