woman; female; feminine gender
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
health; healthy; sound; fit
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
script; libretto; scenario
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
time; hour; period; class
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
Suizenji Kiyoko (1945.10-)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)