popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
the way back; the way home; return trip
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
truancy; school non-attendance
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to look forward to something
ago; since; before; previous
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count