Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
administrative; managerial; operational
escorted person; person being guarded; ballast tamper; tamping machine
room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room
noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality
beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers
being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated; flooding
extremely hot day; day on which the temperature rises above 35 degrees Celsius (official definition)
night angling; night fishing
Japanese national (esp. abroad); fellow countryman
silent phone call (form of harassment)
to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak
autumn festival; fall festival
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
opening of a park (theme park, botanical garden etc.)
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
decomposition; ulceration
civil affairs; civil case
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
of inquiring mind; eager to study; enthusiastic in studying
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
omitted character; omitted letter
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
telephone booth; telephone box