Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore; woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth
roar; peal; rumble; beating; pounding; throbbing
Fujiko Fujio (1934.3.10-)
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
regular customer; valued client
porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
being on stage without respite; performing continuously; staying out the entire time; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
cheer; chia (Salvia hispanica); cheerleading
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
supporter (e.g. wrist supporter); athletic supporter; jockstrap; supporter (esp. of soccer); backer
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)