without; unless; have to do
group; party; team; squad; section
postwar period; period after Second World War
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.; TBS
Tokyo Tower (formal name)
official name; formal name
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
period of economic growth
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
married woman; woman; lady
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
all times and places; all ages and countries
gender; distinction of sex; sex
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
legendary; fabled; fabulous
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that