upper reaches of a river; upstream
Sean; Cyon; Shaun; Shawn; Shone
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
omitted character; omitted letter
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
program (e.g. TV); programme
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
these guys; these fellows
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
future (usually near); prospects
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
(your) daughter; young woman
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
it is not (like that) either
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
Watanabe Mika (1972.10.30-)