historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
about here; in this neighborhood
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
all parts; various parts; every department
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
like this; this sort; this way
to snatch from; to steal from
to chase; to run after; to pursue
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
man; male; masculine gender
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
outsider; someone outside of a group
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow