TV announcer (in the full-time employ of a single broadcaster)
contract marriage; marriage by contract
light rain; rain falling at a time of sadness; condoling rain
housewife demographic; housewives
weekly pictorial magazine
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
down payment; contract money
leaving the mound; being knocked out; resignation; stepping down; withdrawing
the gods of heaven and earth
badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
to have a name entered in the family register
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
man of the hour; woman of the hour
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
right to know; right to access information
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
invisible person (in science fiction, etc.)
my husband; one's family; family member
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
critic; reviewer; commentator
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon