by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
visual culture; culture of visual images; (screen) image culture
study; research; investigation
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
association of like-minded people
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
together; at the same time; same; identical
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
in that way; thus; so; so?
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to concern; to be related
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic