dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
eyes mismatched in colour (color)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
property; fortune; assets
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
movie director; film director
jeon; Korean dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg and fried
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
top star (esp. male lead role in the all-female Takarazuka musical theater troupe); major celebrity
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
car model; type of (wheeled) vehicle; vehicle classification
convenience store lunch box
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
gem; jewel; precious stone
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to think constantly about; to dwell on
B-movie; B-picture; B-film
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation