craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
spine; backbone; spinal column
-job; stimulating the penis with a body part
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to need; to call for; to require
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to be overcome with emotion
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
book-cover design; picture on the cover of a book
... and eastward; east of
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
library; book collection; paperback book
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
action of making something; -ification
on the occasion of; at the time of
that year; same year; same age