target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
object of romantic interest
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
even more; still more; further
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
degree of familiarity; popularity
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
trivial; not amounting to much
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
sea of fire; sea of flame
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
fortune-telling; divination
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
incompetent; have no merit
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
royalty and titled nobility
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on