exhibition building; pavilion
donation; presentation; gift
comic books; comics; comic; comical
counter for books; volume
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
(photographic) printing paper
negative film (as opposed to positive or reversal film); negative
(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs
government-run television; public television
five (long cylindrical things)
right (to do something); authority; power
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
declaration of independence
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
special program; special programme
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to be contrary to one's expectations
operation plan; scheme of operations; plan of campaign
the instability of a political situation; political instability
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
twice; again; second time
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently