counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to unfold; to unroll; to open
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
(police) detective; criminal matter
victim; injured party; sufferer
family; members of a family
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
boiled and half-dried bonito
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
eruption; volcanic eruption
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
straying; wandering off course
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
unheard-of; unprecedented
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
piece; fragment; one (object)
crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
debut; opening; first public exhibition