secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
illegal; illicit; unlawful
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)
several weeks; a few weeks
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
stark naked; completely naked; nude
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
Saitama (city, prefecture)
racewalking; race walking; walking race
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
situation; developments; outcome
ambiguous; obscure; equivocal
love potion; philter; aphrodisiac
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
emperor; prince; princess
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
very great; enormous; serious