gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
noisy; boisterous; turbulent
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
government; administration; ministry
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to get slightly dirty (all over)
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
volunteer group; volunteer organization
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
Nobel Prize in Literature
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
first championship win (esp. sumo)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
federation; federal state; United States of America
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
strict crackdown on and elimination of misconduct; strict enforcement of discipline
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
voice training; vocal exercises
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
severe earthquake; violent tremor
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
honorific affix; honorific prefix
opening (the doors of a venue); inauguration (of a new building, facility, etc.)
here and there; in places