annual turning off of lights, etc.
evening school; night school
reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth
diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)
gag order; gag rule; gag law
child-rearing assistance; support for young parents; child-care allowance
February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
national network broadcast; nation-wide broadcast
walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
kimono fabrics shop; draper's shop
member of the House of Councillors
reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth
news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press
working; being employed; being hired
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
security (e.g. national security); US-Japan Security Treaty; campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
curiosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening; wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
room that is forbidden to enter; locked room; unopened room
hostess (in a hostess bar)
opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
monster cat; cat with magical powers
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
biological parent; real parent
to use X as a selling point
distance in a straight line
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
stop bullshitting me; you're fucking kidding me; you're full of shit