protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
boisterously; roughly; briskly
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
stairs; stairway; staircase
actor; actress; player; performer
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
military personnel; soldier
covered with; stained; smeared
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
river; stream; River; the ... river
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
1,000,000; one million; million; many
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
nesting hole; burrow; den
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
image; figure; figure; form; image
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality