endangerment (of a species)
monaural; monophonic; mono
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
first (of its kind) in Japan
large intestine; large bowel; colon
Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
real life; actual life; everyday life
to perceive; to understand
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
autumn breeze; fall breeze
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
postcard; memo; note; card
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)
as many (people) as possible
and; thereupon; because of that
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka