retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
self-checkout; automated checkout
celebrating recovery from illness
keeping silent; saying nothing at all
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to scrap (work in progress, esp. illustration); to reject; to shelve; to cancel (plans, etc.)
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
state of fine weather where one is subject to direct sunlight
falling plump; falling down flat
Public Employment Security Office
exceptionally close friend
society for the study of manga; manga club
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
all-time low (price, in trading); record low; new low
recent photograph or photography
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
transplanting; transplantation
signature-collecting campaign
by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately
suspending publication (of serialized content in newspapers, magazines, etc.)
Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus
woman who is obsessed with the education of her children
to try to make a favourable impression; to appeal
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
female pig; sow; fat woman; perverted woman
unsophisticated palate; inability to discern good and bad flavours
to take revenge; to retaliate; to do over again; to redo; to start over
heterosexual person (as viewed by homosexual person)
mixing things of different type (alternately or at the same time); mixture; dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables (from Nagasaki)
head over heels; madly (in love)
local site; location for making or filming a movie