toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
to find out; to discover; to locate
witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft); witch hunt (persecution of people considered a danger to society)
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
(appearing, occurring) one after another
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
one large ...; a great ...
indictment; prosecution; complaint
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
sacred books; sutras; scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)
thousands; several thousand
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
proportional control; (radio control) transmitter
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
flipping a table over in anger; overturning a table in anger
abortion; discontinuance; stoppage; suspension
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback