punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
tradition; legend; folklore
very popular; highly favoured
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
soldier; combatant; warrior
junior high school student; middle school pupil
Tsukino Usagi (Sailor Moon character)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
all you want; as much as one wants
TV series; television series
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
high-definition television; HDTV
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle