dismissal at one's request
counter for wheels and flowers
unfair dismissal; wrongful dismissal; unfair termination
skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world
professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
commuter pass container; holder for a season ticket
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
Nessie (i.e. the Loch Ness monster)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho
nightcap; a drink before sleeping
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
missing person; wanted person
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
starvation; famine; hunger
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
(indoor) observation deck; observation room; observatory
earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
municipal railway; city streetcar; tram
south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer
first (of its kind) in Japan
starting (construction) work
armor and helmet (armour)
earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
archeological excavation (archaeological)
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
cross mark; demerit mark; an X