kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
common people; ordinary people; masses
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
school of popular writing
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
while; even though; despite
down-market; popular; mass-market
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
reality; actuality; hard fact
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
audience; attendance; hearers
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
relation; connection; relevance
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to spend time (on doing something)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to become possible; to become able to (do)