television program; TV program
world situation; world affairs
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
isolation; being alone; being friendless
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
study; diligence; discount; reduction
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
idea man; ideas man; person of ideas
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
one end; an end; part; fragment
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
cruelty; hard-heartedness
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
at that time; in those days
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
university (college) professor
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
height (of body); stature