to happen to hear; to overhear
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
at once; there and then; immediately
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
semiconductor; solid-state
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
power map; power structure; power relationships
competing companies; rival companies
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit