square metre; square meter
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
marriage proposal; courtship
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya; Kaguyahime (manga series by Reiko Shimizu)
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
unpopular (esp. with the opposite sex); undatable
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get
possession; dependency; territory; dominion
transcendence; transcendency
talking quietly; quiet conversation; idle talk
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
direct fire; frontal fire; direct rays (of sunlight)
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
plagiarism; plagiarised work
in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
spawning grounds; egg-laying site
going upstream; swimming upstream
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
movie (film, screen) actor or actress
dark purple; bluish purple
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at