floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
ornamental writing (esp. initial letters); decorative lettering; fancy script
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
catchphrase (esp. in advertising)
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
society for the study of manga; manga club
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
chess problem; composed shogi problem
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
sports-minded; sports-oriented
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
senior high school student
vitality; energy; dynamism
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)