every year; yearly; annually
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
having not the slightest idea
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
string instrument; stringed instrument
workshop; studio; atelier
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
thousands; several thousand
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
performance fee (actor, singer, etc.)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
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
bank; banking institution
one's possessions; ownership
society; the world; the times