evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
body; group; party; company; troupe
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
historical play; period drama
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be found; to be discovered
document; official papers
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
early (days); initial stage; initial
doing whatever one pleases
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
interests and preferences
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to correct oneself; to restate
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
failure; mistake; blunder
I see; that's right; indeed
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
this (very thing); this precisely
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy