personal; individual; private
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
reaching; attaining; arrival
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
while doing over and over; repeatedly
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to master something (through personal experience)
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
famous utensil; excellent utensil; famed musical instrument (e.g. a Stradivarius); excellent musical instrument; excellent vagina; formidable vulva
look of death; shadow of death
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
capsule toy; vending machine toy; gacha; loot box; loot crate
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
in the same way as; just like
much less; to say nothing of
above-mentioned; above-named; above
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period