bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
program (e.g. TV); programme
televising; broadcasting; airing
faked information; bogus intelligence; disinformation
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
cake served with tea; teacake
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
manners; courtesy; etiquette
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
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)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
war; fighting; fierce competition
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
infancy; childhood; tender age
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
environment; surroundings; circumstances
separate; respective; different
they; those guys; those fellows
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
fixed interval; fixed period
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
germ; germs; bacteria; something dirty or harmful; vermin