year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus; Venus in the morning sky
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
runway (fashion); catwalk; runway (aircraft)
selling out; being sold out
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
uniform resource locator; URL
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
absorption; suction; attraction
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
online shopping service (with delivery by mail); mail order; mail-order sales; shop-by-mail service
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
degree of attention; profile
meanwhile; in the meantime