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
belvedere fruit; field caviar; land caviar; mountain caviar; kochia seed
labor saving; reduction of labor
laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (type of laser eye surgery); LASIK
gloom; darkness; seclusion
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
dotted line (printing); ellipsis (mark)
The Life of an Amorous Man by Ihara Saikaku (famous novel from the Edo period)
something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
to nip (something) in the bud
to ask the opinion of (a superior)
flying scissors (technique in martial arts); kani basami
worldly wisdom; knowledge of the ways of the world
insert (in a magazine, newspaper, etc.); foldout; insertion
Japanese clethra; tree clethra; clethra barbinervis
no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)
moonsault (type of somersault)
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on