support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
expression of love; showing love
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
homo-; homo; (male) homosexual; homozygote; homozygous; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates that includes modern humans)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
adding (an extra amount); increasing; tacking on (a charge)
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
in the future; another day; later
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles
leatherman; conspicuously gay male who belongs to the leather subculture and engages in bodybuilding
state of the war; war situation
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
counter for choices, options, etc.
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery