corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
variety show (e.g. on TV)
prize money; monetary award; reward
performer; entertainer; actor
performer; entertainer; celebrity
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
early arrival (at work); reporting early for work; taking an early shift; leaving the house early in the morning (to go to work)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
preference; priority; precedence
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
truth is stranger than fiction
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
artist; painter; illustrator
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
without; but if; otherwise; or else
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
joint together; opposite; facing