personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
material; substance; matter
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
dubbed version (of a movie)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
postwar period; period after Second World War
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
connection; link; relationship
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
sympathy; compassion; pity
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
viewer; (television) audience
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
successive generations; successive emperors
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
episode; anecdote; vignette
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
extermination; expulsion; destruction
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now