opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
washing with water; rinsing; flushing
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
ex-husband; former husband
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
depiction; description; portrayal
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
materials; data; document
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)
this and that; one thing or another
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
one breath; chug!; drink!
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
color of something wet; colour of something wet
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
debut work; one's first work
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company