to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
patient; unhurried; leisurely
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
expression; presentation; representation; notation
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
our country; our land; one's own country
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
living room (Japanese-style)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
musical composition; tune
group; bunch; crowd; group
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
at that time; in those days
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start