serialization; serialisation; serial story
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
live-action adaptation (of a cartoon or animated movie)
Deva king; fierce guardian god (at a temple gate)
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
personification; anthropomorphization
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
fried cake of minced meat
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
concealment; suppression; hiding
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
staying somewhere (overnight) due to circumstances
reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
feeling of a full stomach after a meal; satisfaction of having a full stomach
to induce sleep; to cause drowsiness
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate