good material; valuable data; positive factor (for the stock market); good news
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
results (of a study or investigation)
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
death in battle; death on the battlefield
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
from (this, here, etc.); since (this)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
responsibility; duty; obligation
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
abuse; misuse; perversion
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; upright; righteous; (arch.) unspoiled (scenery, etc.); (arch.) pure
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
human; human-like; as a person
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
reading aloud; recitation