latest news; most recent news
traffic report; information on traffic flow; transportation information
broadcast writer (TV and radio)
jingle (i.e. in a television commercial)
matryoshka; Russian nesting doll
all right; very well; okay; I got it
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
to become poor; to be poor
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
when; at what moment; what time
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship