name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
time; hour; period; class
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
many; numerous; various; large number of
one's post; place of work; workplace
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
and then; and so; and; so then
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run