development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
on sale; available (to buy)
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
superior; excellent; fine
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding