seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
while; even though; despite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
author; writer; novelist; artist
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
feelings; thoughts; meaning
but; however; provided that
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
word of recent origin; neologism; recent word; modern term
extract; excerpt; selection
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
such; this sort of; like this
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
deep inside; innermost place
castle (in place names); castle; fortress