small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
Kanjani Eight, Japanese pop group; Kansai Johnny's junior
hawks; hardline faction; hardliner
flustered person; hasty person
lek (communal ground used by birds in mating season); lekking
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
mass-produced arrows; arrows for target practice
charity; benevolence; charitable spirit; interest (in public welfare, social enterprise, etc.); zeal
to become bright; to become clear
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
hook (high point of a song); chorus
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
age range; age-group; age bracket
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
voice training; vocal exercises
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate