star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
pretense; affectation; showiness
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
finding employment; getting a job
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life
reality; actuality; hard fact
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
to stop (plug) one's ears
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
at that time; in those days
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
it hasn't been long since
and; thereupon; because of that
underground; subterranean
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
explanation; interpretation
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)