lateness; tardiness; arriving late
spine; backbone; spinal column
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
arrival of goods; goods received
easy money; easy gain; making a killing
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
viewer; (television) audience
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
script; screenplay; scenario
reading too much into (what ... says)
destabilization; destabilisation
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
patriarch; head of a family
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
suspicious-looking; fishy
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
going upstream; swimming upstream
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
above-mentioned; above-named; above
producer; grower; maker; manufacturer