doing whatever one pleases
script; screenplay; scenario
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
(political) power; authority; influence
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
comic books; comics; comic; comical
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to be worried; to be troubled
productive; constructive; meaningful
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
action of making something; -ification
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
the same; the said; likewise
counter for books; volume
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
sending (esp. email attachments); forwarding; remitting
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission