to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
for your information; I'm telling you
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
subject; title; subject (of an email); subject line
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
stimulant; stimulative; excitant
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
otherwise; or else; if not
visual kei; fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands and musicians; attractive person
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
to beat time; to mark time
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around