phone in request (e.g. calling a radio station to request a song)
specialization; specialisation
well done!; bravo!; zenzai; red bean soup made with azuki beans
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to gain fame; to make one's name
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
elevated (structure); overhead
(criminal) investigation headquarters
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
unconfirmed; unidentified
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
rikka; formal style of ikebana
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
village; hamlet; countryside; country
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
whistle (sound made with the lips)
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health