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
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
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
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
Fujiko Fujio (1934.3.10-)
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
great laughter; burst of laughter
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
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
ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite); terrestrial; over-the-air
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during