small woman; young woman; young maid
linking; linkage; associating (information); connecting
car painted with anime characters
strikebreaker; scab; strikebreaking
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
disillusionment with politics
tax source; source of taxation revenue; taxable item
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
great joy; jubilation; exultation
to work hard; to make an effort
bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
Buddhist priest who is also an important politician
to squeal (from infatuation)
commercialization; commercialisation
entertaining movie; entertaining film
instrumental; instrumental music
to fail an exam; to fall (of cherry blossom petals)
showing (i.e. being visibly pregnant); someone who is visibly pregnant
to peel off and fall; to flake away
readers' column; letters to the editor section
green crop; green vegetable