method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
power of the state; government authority
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
job hunting; job searching
soldier; combatant; warrior
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
interview (e.g. for a job)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
counter for books; volume
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
eagerly; earnestly; assiduously; diligently; wholeheartedly
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
until now; so far; up to the present
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to settle (in a place); to settle down