confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
top part of the head; crown; parietal region
daytime television serial; soap opera
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
property damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents)
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
closing of a school; closed school
cannot be helped; unavoidable
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
official announcement; proclamation
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
dying down (of a fire); waning; waning (of a trend, fad, popularity, epidemic, etc.); declining; heat applied from below (e.g. in an oven or grill)
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
one's long-cherished desire
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
(temporary) closure of school
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)