photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions
first calligraphy of the year
moral harassment; workplace mobbing; workplace bullying; psychological harassment at the workplace
room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); (lit.) mirror room; hall of mirrors (at Versailles)
bargain; find; unbelievable good luck; unexpected good fortune
crude; philistine; uncultivated; uneducated; vulgar
bicycle shop; bicycle dealer
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
traditional art; traditional performance art
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
check (pattern); ichimatsu doll
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
gross; disgusting; sickening
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
layer; cosplayer (someone who participates in cosplay); cosplayers
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
ordinary person; untitled individual
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl
change; alteration; modification
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)