Comrades: Almost a Love Story
demo tape; demonstration tape
soupy; containing more broth or sauce than usual (of gyudon, etc.)
periodic inspection; regular inspection
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad; troubadour
soaked; drenched; sopping; splashing; sloshing
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
splashing (water); splashing about; vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); greatly (using or making money)
just; fair; proper; reasonable
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
party-internal; within the party
factory manager; works manager
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
keeping things tidy and in order
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to think constantly about; to dwell on
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
lost property; something dropped and left behind
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
composition; setting (of music)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about