NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
prime minister's official residence
attendance; presence; appearance
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
how; in what way; by what means
after a long time; for the first time in a while
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
historical play; period drama
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
will not do; do not; does not
to rage; to fly into a rage; to become furious
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
semiannually; biannually; half-yearly; every six months
to be constricted; to tighten (in the middle); to narrow
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)