lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to gain weight; to put on weight
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
every year; yearly; annually
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
literary world; literary circles
whereabout; about where; how much
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
battle array; battle formation; battlefield
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
wearing a yukata; (in) one's informal summer kimono
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to ask; to enquire; to query
commerce; trade; business
investigation; inquiry; research; study; consideration; deliberation
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
Oono Banboku (1890.9.20-1964.5.29)
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
I see; that's right; indeed
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
one thin flat object; one sheet
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
improvised; impromptu; extemporaneous; off-the-cuff; ad-lib
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
pasture; grassland; meadow
having said that; on the other hand
without permission; without notice
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme
the said person; he; she; same surname