association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
omitted character; omitted letter
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
program (e.g. TV); programme
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
man; male; masculine gender
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to apologize; to apologise
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
that; the matter in question
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign