concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
manuscript; version; draft
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
script; screenplay; scenario
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
not understanding; not knowing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
understood; I see; OK; present; here
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored