structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to accept; to receive; to agree
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
moderator; host; chairman
someone; a certain person
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to look around; to survey
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
(national) capital (city); metropolis
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
professor; teaching; instruction
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
research (institute, laboratory, group, etc.)
Japanese Association Of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations; JASDAQ
study (of); discussion; discourse; inquiry; research article; academic paper
many; much; plenty; hardly
critic; reviewer; commentator
Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
screen; curtain; raster; room divider; partition wall
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
economic problem; financial problem
raising (a question); posing (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); lodging; (arch.) lifting up
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
national finance; central government finance