children's demographic (target audience)
type of sōmen made without added oil; specialty of Miyagi prefecture, usu. eaten in broth, esp. warm in winter
to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; (lit.) to nibble at one's parents' shins
conflicting (opposite, contrasting) opinion; antagonistic view
D layer (of the ionosphere)
low-IQ people who are easily influenced by mass media; sheeple
mixing board (console, desk); (audio) mixer
(lit.) doughnut phenomenon; combination of urban sprawl and inner-city decay
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
with a meaningless laugh; with a hollow laugh
interior furnishings shop
the former and the latter; A and B
feeling of affinity; friendship
foolish talk; nonsense; gibberish
to put in order; to organize; to systematize
start of a sentence, phrase, etc.
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
unification; centralization; centralisation
adaptability; flexibility; malleability
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance