Japanese reading of a Chinese character
National Space Development Agency; NASDA
mark on a stage, movie set, etc. showing the position of people or props
one should not get involved in a marital quarrel
that's all from me, and now the next speaker
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do; terrible; dreadful; frightening
hard rubber (e.g. ebonite, vulcanite)
eye doctor; oculist; ophthalmologist
Golden hour (photography)
Jizo Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24
to cling to; to hold on to; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of; to possess
sake tasting; wine tasting
treasured book; secret book; pornographic book
all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end; All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)
Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges)
kuda-gitsune; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses; stoat
fine brush or pencil; small or fine handwriting
part-time worker; part-timer
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
the four inauspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
final performance; last performance
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
inchworm; measuring worm; looper (caterpillar)
wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie
location for closing party
explicit; clear; unambiguous; meaningful; lively
wolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton; carcajou
badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)
evil shaman; witch doctor