noun:

• storyboard (film, television); design for a series of movie scenes - abbreviation ➜ コンティニュイティ

noun:

• continental island; island formed by separation from a continent

noun:

• loser; owner of a lost article

expression:

• you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught [literal] - proverb

noun:

• theism; belief in existence of a god or gods

expression / ichidan verb:

• to approach the finale; to come to a close

ichidan verb:

• to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition

expression:

• forced to use; forced into a position

noun:

• (a) penny store; business on a small scale

noun:

• ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony - Shintō term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be blown inside out (of an umbrella); to become (the shape of) a sake cup [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt

noun:

• all terminals; winning hand consisting of only ones and nines as pungs or kongs plus a pair - Mahjong term - From Chinese

adverb:

• in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

noun:

• Hakata cloth; a fabric made in Hakata

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

noun / adjectival noun:

• social ease (facility, skills); being a good mixer - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to angrily reject; to snub; to give a person a good scolding; to give a person a rap on the knuckles

expression:

• is no match for; can't hold a candle to

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cheer on; to raise a shout

noun:

• secret knowledge; interior of a temple

noun:

• manly spirit; soul of a samurai

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy - sometimes incorrectly as 身につままれる

~と adverb:

• smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• taking pictures secretly; taking a sneak shot ➜ 隠し撮り