obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale
women who excel; women in prominent positions
to keep (a person) waiting
getting back together; being reconciled; returning to normal
nail technician; manicurist
personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
ex-husband; former husband
supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation
great love; passionate affair
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
quickly; swishing; whooshing
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
back off!; leave me alone!
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
limited time; limited-time offer
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up