mass communication; mass media
puppet government; puppet regime
ornament; dead body used to test a blade; unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to become settled; to be fixed
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; MHLW
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
military man; warrior; soldier
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
looks; features; (personal) appearance
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
video game (played on a home console)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
Japanese man (esp. with traditional, masculine values); Japanese manhood
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)