(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
broadcasting station; broadcaster
TV blooper; broadcasting blunder
program guide; (TV) channel guide
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
military authorities; army circles
(under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.); city facility management
Warsaw Treaty Organization
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
disclosure; exposure; revelation
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
thicket; coppice; brushwood
Amazon (river, rainforest etc.); Amazon (woman of Greek mythology)
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
opposite side; other side
tough measure; firm step; strong measure
power; authority; jurisdiction
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
to order; to command; to appoint
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around