craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
letterpress printing; moveable type printing
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
discovery; detection; finding
Lenzburg (Switzerland); Rendsburg (Germany)
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
Keio (Private University)
the original; original copy; script
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
good; goodness; right; virtue
successful bid; winning a tender
first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
contract price; successful tender price
dozens; scores of; decades
being somewhat excited (agitated)
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to be born; to come into the world
(skill of) making funny faces; facial performance
anecdote; brief (comic) story
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
seen it once, seen it all; a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe