confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
televising; broadcasting; airing
the other day; a few days ago
by your leave; with your permission
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
pinch (of something); one piece; easy victory
placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt
to spread salt (to spiritually purify)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to accumulate merit; to make merit
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
somebody who is bad at horse-riding; a fidgety, restless person
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred