crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
escaping from prison; jailbreak
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
club activities; extracurricular activities
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
to include in a poem (season word, place name, etc.)
cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
frequency hijacking; broadcast signal intrusion
deviation; departure; omission
spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; dots
right (to do something); authority; power
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
ganguro; young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
program (e.g. TV); programme
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed