actor; actress; player; performer
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
out-sourcing; outsourcing
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
sincere; earnest; serious
goodness; excellence; virtue
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
study; learning; tutorial
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
vitality; energy; dynamism
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to talk; to carry meaning
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
belief; faith; conviction
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result