above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
beginning; outset; first; onset
targeting; aiming at a specific target; selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches; having no choice in a move (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.)
failure; mistake; blunder
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
leader; guide; mentor; coach
belief; faith; conviction
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
that's the way it is; such is life
materials; data; document
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
film released direct-to-video (trademark of Toei Company)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
early (days); initial stage; initial
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to not take seriously; to take lightly
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
anything and everything; just about everything
explicit knowledge (knowledge management terminology)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
for example; for instance; e.g.
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve