starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
to tune in to a channel; to switch to a channel
viewer; (television) audience
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
one's possessions; ownership
service industry; service sector
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
to say; to be called; to do
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
everything; anything; nothing
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
how long; how much; to what extent
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
sharing; division; draw; tie
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
male homosexuality; bill of lading; BL
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to have meaning; to be meaningful
program (e.g. TV); programme
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage