right in the middle (of); midst; height
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
craft; crafting; handcrafted article; kraft paper
company president; manager; director
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
commerce; trade; business
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
writing (e.g. as a profession)
derivative work (usu. unauthorized and produced by fans, e.g. dōjinshi, fanfiction)
person from (the planet of)
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
for the present; for the time being
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
head house (family); birthplace; originator
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself