Express Mail Service; EMS; European Monetary System; Engine Management System; Electronics Manufacturing Services; Expanded Memory Specification (MS-DOS); Environmental Management System
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode
Matsuo Bashou (1644-1694)
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
protein; egg white; albumen; albumin
antibacterial; antimicrobial
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
to leave a dish half-eaten
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
a little bit; a little while
longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
party-internal; within the party
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
such; like that; in that way
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar