Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
cane; (walking) stick; wand; stalk (of bamboo, sugar, etc.); stem
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
great laughter; burst of laughter
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
all you want; as much as one wants
Doraemon (manga by Fujiko F. Fujio; media franchise)
TV series; television series
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
communications satellite; container ship; customer satisfaction; multiple chemical sensitivity; Climax Series (annual playoff system used by Nippon Professional Baseball); computer science; CS
regular; standard; regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); regular (gasoline)
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
high-definition television; HDTV
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
water's edge; beach; shore
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
dear (old); good old; longed-for; classic; nostalgic
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character