pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
black market adult video; black market adult film; bootleg video
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
foundation stone; cornerstone
counter for drops of liquid
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
feeling; sense; impression
professionalism; professional awareness
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
production (e.g. play); direction
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
script; screenplay; scenario
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
anything and everything; just about everything
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
ongoing; in progress; afoot
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
preparation; provision; guarding
to be silent; to say nothing
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
prefix for forming ordinal numbers