walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect
speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)
results of a vote; voting results
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
results of the vote count
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to increase more and more; to continue to increase; to become more and more intense; to get stronger and stronger
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines
black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
aster (Aster tataricus); Tartarian aster; Michaelmas daisy
Iwanami (publisher); Iwanami
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
proper; right; reasonable
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story); rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
aggregate results; totalled results; collected results
number of votes obtained (polled)
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
number of votes polled; poll votes
to give a round of applause; to applaud
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required