to make a lasting impression
plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)
digital versatile disc; DVD
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
short story; short film; short poem
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
to leave (a scene); to step away
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
detached; aloof; indifferent
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
supreme leader; ultimate leader
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
to make one's own; to take possession of
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
thorough; exhaustive; complete
light makeup; light covering of snow; dusting of snow
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; woman; -ass
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
as is habit; the way life normally is
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
treatment (of a person); dealing with
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
sleeping place; bedroom; bedchamber