employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
modern architecture; modernist architecture
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
choker (type of necklace)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
Felix Hoffmann (illustrator)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
Ootsuka Yuuzou (1927.1.27-)
good news; gospel (teachings or revelations of Jesus Christ)
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
pica (eating disorder); atomic bomb
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
infancy; childhood; tender age
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)