dismissal at one's request
Japan Women's College of Physical Education
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
Hitomi Kinue (1907.1.1-1931.8.2)
threefold repetition of the "ipponjime" 3-3-3-1 hand-clapping pattern to celebrate a conclusion or completion
thick legs; fat legs; cankle; cankles
priest; (arch.) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system; (arch.) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch.) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch.) (medieval) harbor manager
counter for wheels and flowers
(artistic portrait of a) lion
girls' high school (pre-WWII)
timidity; cowardliness; (lit.) courage of a flea
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
unfair dismissal; wrongful dismissal; unfair termination
to look old; to appear mature (e.g. of children)
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall; vaudeville theater manager; music hall proprietor
prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto)
notice; notification; memorandum; circular
professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
play ball!; starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
sporty girl; athletic girl
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
smoothly; frictionlessly; easily
signature-collecting campaign
being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
Japanese record; national record