hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
drawing or writing in pencil
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
middle and high-school students
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity
book making (binding, publishing)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to read (a book, etc.) over again