Okayama (city, prefecture)
(arch.) sudden; (arch.) abrupt; (arch.) stupid; (arch.) foolish; attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to be conspicuous; to stand out
tailor's (shop); dressmaker's shop; tailor; dressmaker
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
hey there; I say; see here
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
prohibition; inhibition; ban
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
finished product; finished goods; completed article
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
future (usually near); prospects
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se