alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
drama; play; powerful drug
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to be prolonged; to drag on
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)
choices; alternatives; options
man among men; manly man; alpha male
charming; fascinating; attractive
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish