supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
unconditionally; as a rule
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
branch office; branch store
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
shopping; purchased goods
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
Giants (baseball team); Giant (novel, film)
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
near; close by; within reach; familiar