a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); snatching; stealing
to blame; to find fault with
parody (of a song); new lyrics to an old melody; song parody
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
enumeration; citation; listing
to lose heart; to lose motivation
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
24 hours; twenty-four hours
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
the whole school; all the schools
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve