Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
Golden Globe Award; Golden Globe Awards
understood; I see; OK; present; here
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
human relations; personal relationships
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
just one person; only one
border; boundary; area; region; psychological state; mental state
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
completely honest relationship; hanging out naked (e.g. at a public bath)
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate