sitting with one's superior; in attendance
burying alive beneath stones
century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
to knock down the price of; to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction
to scrape off; to shave off
street cleaner; garbage man
cat with one eye golden, other eye steel-blue (considered a sign of luck)
pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
to weep bitterly; to suddenly grow dark
sexual abuse; molestation
Monoceros (constellation); the Unicorn
to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers
to turn the page; to turn over a new leaf
weak child; frail child; gangly child
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
signs, symbols and characters used in manga to represent actions, emotions, etc.
pistil (of a flower); stamen
Japanese sweets made of bean paste
misbound book; incorrectly collated book; book with pages out of order
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
trash; junk; garbage; worthless product