magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
way one walks; one's walk
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
outside the country; abroad
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
maar (broad, shallow volcanic crater); marc (brandy distilled from pomace wine); marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
(exercising) the right to command
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
fighting to avenge someone's death; battle of revenge
rather; better; instead; if anything
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit