mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
coming out (as gay, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
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)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling