speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
TV series; television series
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
contract; compact; agreement
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
viewer; (television) audience
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
televising; broadcasting; airing
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
breaking off contact with someone after having sex with them; wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am; hit it and quit it; fuck and chuck
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
author; writer; novelist; artist
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
willpower; energy; vitality
Hoshi Shin'ichi (1926.9.6-1997.12.30)