funny story; funny anecdote
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
to mark the end; to spell the end
main party (of the night); first party
north entrance; north exit
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
knowledge applied to evil purposes
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to cease; to stop; to be over
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
talk about divorce or separation
long (time that has passed); old (story)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to burst (open); to break; to split
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
radio programme; radio program
tag; slip; label; sticker
abscissa; horizontal axis; horizontal scroll
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
sound source; sound generator; tone generator
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)