essential; important; crucial; vital; main
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
the way back; the way home; return trip
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
they; those guys; those fellows
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to make (with great attention to detail); to produce; to craft; to build (something) into
small; fine; detailed; stingy
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
natural; reasonable; understandable
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
here and there; in places
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing
real thing; original; actual
considerably; greatly; a lot
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation