to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
age range; age-group; age bracket
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
clothing and accessories; attire
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
flawless; absolute perfection
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
absolute beginner; complete amateur
it hasn't been long since
young person; inexperienced person; novice
large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)
nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for
the deceased; the departed
eternal; unlimited; endless
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
value; worth; virtue; blessing
impact of publicity or propaganda
large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)
to anticipate; to foresee
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
Sakamoto Ryouma (1836.1.3-1867.12.10)
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
Fukuyama Masaharu (1969.2-)
Iseya Yuusuke (1976.5.29-)
now available (e.g. for sale); now showing (e.g. film, exhibition)
moment by moment; hour by hour
all-America; pan-American; all of America
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
striking; remarkable; considerable
Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations; Law for Preventing Unjustifiable Extra or Unexpected Benefit and Misleading Representation