avoiding to commit oneself; (being) noncommittal
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); orang-utan; orangutang
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
night soil; muck; filth; dirt
trepanning; trepanation; trephining
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
decompression sickness; caisson disease; the bends
eruption; volcanic eruption
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
secretary; councillor; councilor
Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific volcanic belt)
wielding three swords; player who can play as pitcher, fielder and batter
world of suffering; life of prostitution
poisonous spider; venomous spider; wolf spider
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
Knowland; Noland; Nolland
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
(the principle of) nonresistance
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
picture of Hell; painting representing Hell
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
tarantula (common name for large spiders); European wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula)
appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke