(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story); rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
7th day of the month; seven days
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
greeting; a fine thing to say
courteous; decorous; polite
sisterly love; affection between sisters
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
standing in a group; standing up in unison
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
as a child; when one was a child
like a part of the family
talking about memories; reminiscences
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
painting all over; covering in paint
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
saturated linework; concentrated linework
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
business; work; operations; service; duties
helpful and sincere; kind and honest
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
press; print shop; printing office
automatic transmission; AT; achievement test; alternative technology; appropriate technology; auditory trainer
veneer; outer layer that conceals something's true nature; (lit.) one layer of skin