Ninomiya Kazunari (1983.6.17-)
(arch.) second-born imperial prince; second most important provincial shrine
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
common hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum); Analipus japonicus (species of brown alga)
YouTube (Internet video-sharing web site)
health care professional; medical worker
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
remote (work, device, etc.)
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
comments section (on a blog, website, application, etc.); comment field
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
corona; coronavirus; COVID-19
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
novel coronavirus (esp. SARS-CoV-2)
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with a smartphone camera); selfie; video selfie; self-taken picture
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
musical composition; tune
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
tool (esp. software, etc.); tour (e.g. Tour de France)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)