Namikoshi Tokujirou (1905.11.15-2000.9.25)
coconut water; coconut juice
coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
fib; exaggeration (of the truth); snow job
welcome rain; merciful rain; blessed rain; rain after a long dry period
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
shiatsu; acupressure; form of Japanese finger-pressure therapy
pyrotechnic signal; signal flare
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
cargo hold (of an aircraft, ship, etc.); cargo bay
lamé (cloth made from gold or silver thread)
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
to set on fire; to ignite