humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to become red; to redden; to blush
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
not necessarily so; is not always true
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to squash; to crush; to flatten
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to score a goal (basket, etc.); to sink a shot
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular