karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
retention; maintenance; preservation
to this extent; to this degree; this much
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to give a round of applause; to applaud
tele-; telephone; television; Terret (wine grape variety)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
devoted; self-sacrificing
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
encouragement; urging; spurring on
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
winter vacation; winter holidays
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
soulful (esp. of music); having a lot of soul
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
even if not; even without
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
gekiga; manga with a realistic, dramatic art style and mature themes; kamishibai; storytelling with pictures