sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
third day of the month; three days
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
construction; establishment
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
Daijirin (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
Kojien (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten)
Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
weekly publication; weekly magazine
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
article; news story; report; account
NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host