scaffold constructor; steeplejack
Mazu; Chinese goddess of the sea
to miss getting on (e.g. a plane)
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; painful to look at
go-getter employee; hard-driving employee; workaholic employee
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
signs, symbols and characters used in manga to represent actions, emotions, etc.
viewer (e.g. for film slides or x-rays); (image) viewer
banzai (celebratory or congratulatory cheer); hurrah; hooray; hurray
belvedere fruit; field caviar; land caviar; mountain caviar; kochia seed
steady; steady relationship; going steady
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
labor saving; reduction of labor
laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (type of laser eye surgery); LASIK
man who is neither overly aggressive nor overly passive in pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) omnivore
Kobe (Koube) (port city near Osaka)
gloom; darkness; seclusion
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
dotted line (printing); ellipsis (mark)
bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd