protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
second (unit of time); arc second
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
attractive face and figure
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
trickster (in mythology); trickster; swindler; trickster; magician
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
interference; intervention; meddling
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
military family; warrior class