children's (TV) show; children's program
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
Konishi Hiroko (1975.10.26-)
Kitajima Saburou (1936.10-)
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
Nippon Television Network
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
comic books; comics; comic; comical
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
police investigator; investigator
special issue (of a magazine, etc.); issuing an extra number
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
derby (horse race); Japan Derby; battle (for first place); competition; derby (match); local derby
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
profusely (esp. flowers blooming in great profusion)
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
second marriage; remarriage
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
future years; in (one's) later years