to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
manufacturing plant; production facility
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
came here; coming here; recently
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
Kyoto style; urbanity; refinement
that's a different matter; that's a different story
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
to one's delight; to one's joy
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
original author (of a work)
printed edition (of a book, etc.)
comic book version; comic book edition
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits