popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
original author (of a work)
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
but; however; provided that
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
mental; spiritual; emotional
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to set (sun); to become dark
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
third year of high school; third-year high-school student