lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
children's story; fairy tale
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
person who gives the right (correct) answer
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
thousands; several thousand
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to spend time (on doing something)
torrent (file); torrenting
houses of the Diet being controlled by different parties; (lit.) twisted parliament
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
biased coverage; biased media account; bias in reporting
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
ruling and opposition parties; parties in and out of power
unexpectedly; surprisingly
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)