inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
stage scenery; set; backdrop
branch office; police box; local police station
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.); won't you
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
to frolic about; to mess around
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
several times (as large, over)
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
outside of one's area of expertise
severe; strict; tough; hard
kuda-gitsune; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses; stoat
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
slight; light; thin; faint; dim