to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
real thing; original; actual
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
dominion; territory; possession
reconfirmation; double check
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
way of reciting; way of telling a story
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
that's the way it is; such is life
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
colour; color; hue; tints
negative emotions; negative feelings
in that way; like that; that way
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out