losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
intelligence gathering; information gathering
mutual understanding; agreement of wills
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
desperately; for one's dear life
sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape; fresh sashimi
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
tactician; strategist; schemer; maneuverer
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
novelization; novelisation; turning a film script into a novel
laughing gas; nitrous oxide
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
selecting from one's own works; one's own selection; voting for oneself
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
writer of children's stories
Post-it®; Post-it note; sticky note
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
looking everywhere; looking in all four directions; neighborhood; vicinity
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
society for the study of manga; manga club
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
(nature, etc.) observation diary
(repeated) side stepping (stamina test); side-step test
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior