Merlion; official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish
fan-tan (card game); sevens; parliament
elegy; dirge; mournful melody
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
Jizo (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
campground; campsite; camping-ground
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
Washington, DC (United States); Washington (US state)
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
coating (esp. lacquering)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
dryer (esp. hair); drier; blower
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
leader of a charge; first to arrive
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever