Nishikawa Takanori (1970.9.19-)
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
weatherbeaten; exposed to rain
Taiwanese (language); Taiwanese Hokkien
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
gambler; yakuza; person without a legitimate job
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
whole book (volume); complete episode
elegy; dirge; mournful melody
making-of; behind-the-scenes; making; creating
traditional art; traditional performance art
movie set; filming location
postrecording (dialogue or sounds); post-synchronization; dubbing; automated dialogue replacement; ADR
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
fair; exhibition; exposition
field overseer; site foreman
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
offence; offense; hindrance
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
girl; lass; young thing; chick
to appear in the newspaper
take (e.g. in film-making)
colouring; coloring; colorant
to machine; to cut; to scrape
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
to pack; to box; to package
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
to be conspicuous; to stand out
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk