to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
debut work; one's first work
super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster
galge; video game centered on interactions with attractive anime-style girls
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
legend; folklore; tradition
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
(someone else's) parents; both parents
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so