false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
small change; coins; small sum of money
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
that's the way it is; such is life
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
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
book; volume; this; present; main; head
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
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing