profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
serialization; serialisation; serial story
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
influence (on someone); inspiration
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
fighting game (usu. one-on-one)
residing; living; dwelling
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to mark the end; to spell the end
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
seven (long cylindrical things)
to lose sight of; to miss
simple honesty; tactless frankness
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
but; however; provided that
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
spine; backbone; spinal column