Vocabulary

Kyoto-Otsu; Kyoto and Otsu

general-purpose item; multi-purpose thing; generic product

verification

indicates emphasis

sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Ōbaku school of zen

social unrest; public anxiety

juvenile offender

horse carriage for old people and women in ancient China

leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information

juvenile offender; juvenile delinquent

karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

white slavery

karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

to become very angry; to become furious; to fly into a rage

drug overdose

overdose

pixel art; pixel graphics

cel animation; hand-drawn animation; traditional animation

digital animation; non-cel animation

computer animation

3D computer graphics; 3DCG

clay animation

clay animation

puppet animation

puppet animation

phi phenomenon (optical illusion)

animated film; cartoon

animated TV show; cartoon

animated TV show; cartoon

animated TV show; cartoon

cutout; cutout picture; papercut art

cutout; cutout picture; collage

computer animation

unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance

fashion not created by designers but based on street styles

anomaly

a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next

such; like that; in that way

purple; violet

from now on; in the future; further