one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
pornographic photo book; erotic photo book; pornographic comic book; hentai comic book
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to look around; to look towards (us)
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
official writing system of a country; official script; kana (as opposed to kanji); Japanese syllabary; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
archipelago; group of islands