Vocabulary

successor (TV) program; follow-on program

moving into a dormitory

moving out of a dormitory

to become sexually aware; to awaken to sex; to start having interest in the opposite sex

playing card tax; tax on playing cards, mahjong sets, domino sets, etc. (abolished in 1989)

karōshi line (official measure of excessive hours of overtime per month)

off-focus (photography); out of focus

anxiety about child-rearing

cucurbitacin

be; is

(not) in any way; in no way; at all

competitive eating contest

debut match; debut fight; debut race

tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable

built-for-sale house; ready-made home

soon; momentarily; before long; any time now

ladies and gentlemen

radical political activist belonging to no particular sect

cronut (pastry)

plexor; plessor; percussor

busy; hectic; frantic

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

strikingly; perfectly

having the qualities of a leader

drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; in a trickle

to differentiate; to segregate

apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen

apartment with one bedroom and a combined dining room and kitchen

apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen

it's over; finished

Turkish

Turkish delight

flea powder; flea medicine; flea medication

ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)

to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh

to cause laughter; to extract a smile

hand rim; handrim; push rim; pushrim

red line; line in the sand

(one's) ex-wife; (one's) former wife

carbon sink; carbon dioxide sink; CO2 sink