background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
realistic; graphic; true to life
this world; this life; world of the living
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
revising (e.g. manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
relatively; comparatively
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)