disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
method of treatment; cure; remedy
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
undergoing treatment (medical); receiving treatment
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
to become desperate; to give in to despair
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
to be late; to be unpunctual
patterns of thinking; train of thought
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
meat dish; meat-based cuisine
harmless (remark, topic, etc.); inoffensive; safe; bland; neutral (attitude); noncommittal (reply)
second division; secondary division
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
many; plenty; varied; all sorts of; colorful (program); crowded (schedule)
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
each place; various places
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka