duck meat stew (dish from Ishikawa prefecture)
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
live program; live programme
temporary advance (of money)
flop (e.g. movie); total failure; box office bomb
sunset industry; declining industry
one hundred famous mountains (of Japan)
long-lived program (on TV, radio, etc.); long runner
namesake program; namesake show; TV or radio program named after the main performer or a sponsor
general situation; whole aspect
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
(data) packet; mobile broadband data; package
Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring
occupations dependent on public favor (favour)
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
local site; location for making or filming a movie
consolation party (held after failure or defeat)
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family