skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
bundle of banknotes; stack of bills; large sum of money
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded
Nobel Prize in Literature
press conference; news conference
bombshell announcement; bombshell statement
cardless (payment, etc.; e.g. by registering one's credit card on one's smartphone)
system; institution; organization; organisation
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to tower over the surroundings
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
broadcasting station; broadcaster
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
stationery shop; a stationer
hairy; thickly haired; shaggy
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one