fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
study; research; investigation
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
televising; broadcasting; airing
Thanksgiving (US, Canada)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be helpful; to be useful
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
password; watchword; motto; slogan
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
bullet hell (genre of shoot 'em ups)
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part
great war; great battle; world war
to be parted from; to be separated
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to think constantly about; to dwell on
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
scholarly; scholastic; academic
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)