national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
shopaholic; compulsive buying; shopaholicism
championship; title (of champion)
proud; having a prominent nose
man among men; manly man; alpha male
term of validity; expiration date (of medicine, credit card, etc.)
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
passing through without stopping; passing by
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
festival; feast; carnival
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
horizon (related to bodies of water)
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)
dramatic role for child; child actor
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to cut corners; to be shoddy
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap