seafood, etc. preserve made with mirin, ginger and soy
warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording); prologue; introduction
(arch.) crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony; noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)
google it, scum; just fucking google it; JFGI
Otoko Wa Tsurai Yo (long-running series of Japanese comedy movies)
the "ta" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)
better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution
Fire Services Act; fire laws
even if nothing else; more than anything else
previously unknown girl who becomes famous overnight
leaving all your textbooks, etc., at school
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
to be (something) very much; to be an extreme (something)
making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
seesaw game; back-and-forth match; match in which the lead changes hands several times
to leave a bad impression behind
three-second rule (food hygiene myth); three seconds rule (basketball)
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
showing or announcing a program's name (e.g. television, theater)
fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus)
educated; learned; schooled
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
English proficiency test (esp. the STEP test)
girl (usu. attractive) with glasses; glasses-wearing girl
one's history as a performer
attractive male voice; sexy male voice
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
finding fault (with); being picky
to hurry up; to press on; to hasten
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
popular (hit) program (programme)
shout of victory; cry of triumph
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake