time; season; period; phase; stage
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
equal rights among men and women
to be found; to be discovered
(political) administration; political power
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
disturbance; riot; mayhem
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
seventh day of the month; seven days
memory; ability to remember
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
advisory level; warning level
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
alteration; falsification; faking
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
suspicion (of others); jealousy
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
personality; character; individuality; personhood