Americanization; Americanisation
Okamoto Tarou (1911.2.26-1996.1.7)
music industry; music business
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss
hot topic; talk of the town
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
longing for others; wanting company
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
does not match (one's, its) appearance
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
female university student; female college student
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
reputation; respectability