reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth
products featuring popular characters; character goods; character merchandise
related article; related story
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; so long
long thin brown "naoko" mushroom
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
fund-raising; fund collecting
stimulant; pep-pill; shabu; upper; speed
down payment; contract money
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
adult video; porn video; pornographic video
recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers
800,000; eight hundred thousand
racial discrimination; racism
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
business rival; professional jealousy
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
debut work; one's first work
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
death (of an emperor); demise
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books