Ono Takamura (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
Oriental garden cricket; Emma field cricket
flexible (of people); open-minded
teacher's mark or grade book
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
chickpea (Cicer arietinum); garbanzo bean
bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink
bowl of rice with food on top
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
plaster or mortar-covered wall
Merlion; official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish
scribbling; doodling; graffiti
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
to be mentally fatigued; to tired to the bone
bamboo screen; rattan blind
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
baumkuchen; spit cake with cross-section resembling tree rings
confidential; secret; classified
low-ranking prison guard; hell's tormenting devils
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
reduced scale; scaling down
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
to feel refreshed; to feel soothed
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
one example of (when there are more examples)
large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period