hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
initial budget; original budget
to give directions; to issue instructions
national defence; national defense
Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; Ministry of Defence (UK, etc.)
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
freely; frankly; without reserve
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
studio apartment; studio flat
university student; college student
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
excellent; superb; first-rate
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
selling out; being sold out
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
trio; gang of three; threesome
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
junior high school student; middle school pupil
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
attractive body; nice-looking body
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
information retrieval; IR; investor relations; integrated resort; infrared radiation; infrared
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
one large ...; a great ...