charcoal grilling; char-grilling
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
second division; secondary division
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
stock trading; stock transactions; share trading
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
library; book collection; paperback book
bond; bill; certificate; security
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
two parts; two copies; the second part
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
head of the student council; president of the student council
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
to dispose of; to sell off
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer