scintillating; extraordinarily excellent
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
Shōki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons; Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
silk canvas; artwork on silk
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
colored pattern; coloured pattern; love scene
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
precocity; early ripening; premature development
negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic
counter for wheels and flowers
to do together; to share; to participate in
to boil strongly; to be excited
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
fire; trace of fire; heat of fire; force of a fire
smouldering fire; smoldering fire; embers
good correspondent; ready writer
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
without permission; without notice
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
meeting place; assembly hall
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to be injured; to sustain a wound
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis