practice; practising; exercise; training
Red Hot Chili Peppers (band)
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
order's up; one order ready; coming up; problem solved; one down; all done
Japanese (language) version, edition
to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction
popular song program on radio or television
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
under repair; out of service
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
love passionately; ardent love; devotion
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
recovery; rescue; recapture
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
talk; dialogue; conversation
to be jealous; to be envious
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
maintaining the status quo
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line