baseline design; preliminary design; basic design
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
group of hoodlums whose members all wear clothes in the same color (inspired by US street gangs; esp. associated with Ikebukuro in the late 1990s)
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
depraved monk; sinful priest
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
business rival; professional jealousy
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
to make (someone) angry; to anger; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to raise (one's voice) in anger; to make (one's eyes) glare
slaying 100 enemies with one's sword; bedding 100 people; having sex with countless people
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
can't go on like this; can't stand it anymore; can't take it any longer
bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug
bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
like this; in this way; as you see
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
parallel world; parallel universe
elegance; taste; refinement
store name; shop name; restaurant name