praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
attendance; presence; appearance
street at night; making a night journey
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
program (e.g. TV); programme
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
trailer (film, TV); preview
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; (lit.) falling seven times, getting up eight times; the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life
older sister; elder sister