honorific/polite/humble prefix
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
after a long time; for the first time in a while
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
putting into operation; invocation
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
eagle (Accipitridae family)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted