application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage
program (e.g. TV); programme
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
process; course; mechanism
senior high school; high school
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
human relations; personal relationships
selective system; system that offers choices
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation