to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
special pardon; (general) amnesty
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
Aomori (city, prefecture)
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
manga aimed at women (e.g. with a theme of romance, marriage); women's comic
live-action adaptation (of a manga, animated film, etc.)
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
reality; actuality; hard fact
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
at that time; in those days
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
one large ...; a great ...