ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
program (e.g. TV); programme
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to grow up; to become an adult
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
husband and wife; married couple
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
street survey; opinion poll performed on street; on-street questionnaire
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to be traumatized; to be shocked
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something