advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
on sale; available (to buy)
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
with a click (of a button or switch); one (small protrusion, hole, etc.); single
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
theatre; theater; playhouse
to crouch; to squat; to cower
large quantity; large amount
Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
even if not; even without
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
program (e.g. TV); programme
(one) scene (in a movie, etc.)
puddle of blood; pool of blood
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit; succession; continuation; series
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled