watch stand; watcher's seat; attendant's booth (e.g. at an onsen)
character leitmotif; character theme song
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
admission ticket; entrance ticket; platform ticket; ticket allowing a non-traveller access to a railway station platform
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
producer (film, TV, etc.)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
short clip used to begin and end commercial breaks on Japanese TV
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
being somewhat excited (agitated)