retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
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.)
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
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
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
(bringing to a) perfect end; (rounding off with a) crowning achievement; successful conclusion; triumphant finish
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
haramaki; bellyband; stomach band; torso armour that opens at the back; haramaki