indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
everywhere; at every turn
visual kei; fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands and musicians; attractive person
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.); overprint
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
taste; liking; preference
homosexuality; homosexual love
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
drama; theatre; theater; play
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
expression; presentation; representation; notation
creator; inventor; developer
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
ice water; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
scriptwriter; screenwriter
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
estimate (of costs); budget
severe; strict; tough; hard
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings