spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
writing songs or poems; poem
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
singing voice; (sound of) singing
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
quintessential enka; enka with age-old lyrical themes set to a haunting traditional-style melody
hiding one's embarrassment
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
program (e.g. TV); programme
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
to pitch camp; to set up camp
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
(coming through) loud and clear
suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
with a (cry of) "ah!"; with a shout (of surprise, shock, etc.); in surprise; in astonishment
clearing one's throat; cough
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
good health; stopping misfortune; preventing disaster
unpleasant to hear; difficult to hear
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
to rock; to shake; to swing
maintaining contact (with); keeping in contact (with); keeping in touch (with); introducing (unacquainted people); getting acquainted (with one another)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale