elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
police; police officer; police station
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)
radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)
short joke; quick one-liner
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
bringing; taking; carrying
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
canvasser; door-to-door salesman
business use; business purposes
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
personification; anthropomorphization
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
to get tired out; to be exhausted
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
why; how come; unfortunately; alas