having received no job offers; being without job offers
acting on impulse; doing impulsively; doing instinctively
ATOK (Advanced Technology Of Kana-kanji transfer); early Japanese IME
In the beginning was the Word
to get twisted; to get kinked
animal print; animal print fabric
half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh
nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; Amitabha's Pure Land; nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins
color bars (television test pattern); colour bars
closing credits (film, TV); end credits
to lean to one side; to oppose; to look aside; to regret
character leitmotif; character theme song
popularity stakes; rating
to pity (one another); to commiserate
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
relatively new (building)
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
prickling; stinging; biting
(arch.) to wear on the head; to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master; to wear such cloth on the left shoulder; to be injured
oppekepe; type of mid-Meiji rap-like enka popularized by Otojirō Kawakami
evaluation on an absolute scale
groin; groin region; inguinal region
useless employees (shunted off by a window to pass their remaining time until retirement)
six to four ratio; sixty-forty
mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables
inconsistently, horribly drawn animated film or cartoon; animated cartoon episode of lower picture quality than other episodes in the same series