single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
predicament; difficult situation
presentation (e.g. of a gift, etc.)
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
last chapter (book, etc.)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
celebratory banquet; feast
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
scorer (goals, runs, etc.)
highest score; highest number of points; top grade; peak altitude; highest point
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
random-access memory; RAM
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
to search for; to seek for; to look for
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
companion; company; tritagonist
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
off an island; away from an island; off-island
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)