mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to fight against; to oppose; to face
all you want; as much as one wants
TV series; television series
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, 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, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
book; volume; this; present; main; head
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
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
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
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
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
Fujiko Fujio (1934.3.10-)
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple