establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
comparatively; relatively
every year; yearly; annually
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
planning; project; plan; design
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
but; however; provided that
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
theatre; theater; playhouse
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
school building; schoolhouse
every month; each month; monthly
student (esp. a university student)
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
ability that outdoes (shames) professionals
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
music for strings; string music
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
historical play; period drama
24 hours; twenty-four hours
large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
drama; play; powerful drug
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
pre-war days; before the war