spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
common people; ordinary people; masses
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
novel; story; (work of) fiction
down-market; popular; mass-market
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
this (very thing); this precisely
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
virtue; charm; merit; good point
mockery by means of excessive praise; damning with lavish praise; backhanded compliment
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened