to breathe out; to exhale
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
middle period; medium-term
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to play a leading role; to play a central part
famous jewel; exquisite stone
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
practice; practising; experience
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
it is not (like that) either
cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
two dimensions; fictional world of anime, manga, video games, etc.
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange