to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
weekly publication; weekly magazine
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
overestimation; overvaluing
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
emergency light; emergency lamp
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to be expensive; to be costly
unless one ...; if one does not ...
firm; unshakeable; resolute
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
vocational school; technical school
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
Southern Kuril Islands (held by Russia, claimed by Japan); Northern Territories
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Cape Nosappu; Nosappu-misaki
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to congratulate; to celebrate
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to become obsessed with; to be possessed (by spirits, etc.); to be obsessive compulsive (OCD)
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
star player; star athlete