negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
Fujiko Fujio (1934.3.10-)
TV series; television series
high-definition television; HDTV
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
popular (hit) program (programme)
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
Japanese staunton-vine (Stauntonia hexaphylla)
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
full version; complete version; unabridged edition
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
third rank; third class; third person (in a contract, etc.); third sign of the Chinese calendar
forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
non-slip device (material, tread, etc.); non-skid; anti-slip; back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions); back-up choice; insurance choice
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square