something; some kind of; for some reason
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet
(unusually) dry rainy season
high (atmospheric) pressure; high-pressure system; anticyclone
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
place where one works; construction site; working area
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite); terrestrial; over-the-air
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
distant; remote; isolated
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
to raise one's voice; to shout
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
special radio or television programme; television special
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
person working in the television industry