tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character; NPC
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
time; season; period; phase; stage
clothing and accessories; attire
vocational school; technical school
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
material; substance; matter
self-consciousness; self-awareness
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
mobile suit (giant robot in the anime "Mobile Suit Gundam")
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
study; diligence; discount; reduction
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
intensive; concentrated; focused