district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
squall; skoal; skol; cheers
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
newly released music; new release; new sheet music; new score
last week; the week before
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
component; component stereo
with a click (of a button or switch); one (small protrusion, hole, etc.); single
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
click-clack; clickety-click; clicking sound; clattering sound
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
singing voice; (sound of) singing
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
imagination; supposition; guess
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
attendance (at school); going to school
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
away (game, goal, etc.); opponents' ground; unfamiliar surroundings; feeling out of place; enemy territory
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
platform; home; home base; home plate
self-introduction (of a character)