exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women; BL; bill of lading; BL; brushless
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
percent; per cent; percentage
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
not caring; not giving a damn
unanimity; unanimous consent; unanimous agreement
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to be extremely embarrassed; to burn with shame
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
to head home; to leave for home
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
postwar period; period after Second World War
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
completely unknown; unexpected; having no clue about
call; summons; call; invocation; 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)
depending on; dependent on
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
skeptical; sceptical; incredulous
English-Japanese dictionary
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)