appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms period (of Korean history, 57 BCE-668 CE)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; deserted
Aphrodite (Greek goddess)
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
with a single blow; with one stroke
extraterrestrial life; ET
being off guard; being defenseless
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
horn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn
laws and regulations; legislation
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
majestic figure; imposing figure; impressive appearance; magnificent appearance
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
clause; article; stipulations
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)