reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
honour; honor; glory; privilege
predation; eating prey; preying upon
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
identification; ID; identity
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
fit for use; available; operational; practicable; usable
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
abuse; misuse; perversion
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
registration; accession; register; entry; record
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
war; fighting; fierce competition
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
all parts; various parts; every department
to lose heart; to lose motivation
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings