border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust); upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
have a good day; take care; see you
very shy person; bashful person
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with
to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
investigation; research; looking something up
to taste; to try (food or drink)
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
arrangement; pact; agreement
heroine; great woman; brave woman; woman of strong character; Amazon
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
first world problem; good problem to have
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp