story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
children's story; fairy tale
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention