the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
failure; mistake; blunder
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
many; much; plenty; hardly
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
parallel world; parallel universe
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
time; hour; period; class
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; (lit.) to take the veneer off something
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
such; like that; that sort of
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in