魚拓: gyotaku

失業: unemployment

失業: lose one's job

Kagoshima form of いつでも (itsu de mo, “anytime”)

(informal) Short for いたずら電話 (itazura denwa, “prank call”).

train car decorated with images of fictional anime, manga, or game characters

でんでん太鼓: pellet drum

be accustomed to reading

A reading of a kanji that is commonly accepted, but originally based on a corrupted reading.

(linguistics) a reading pattern for kanji-compound words, using the Chinese-derived on'yomi for the first portion, and the native Japanese kun'yomi for the second portion