Tsukino Usagi (Sailor Moon character)
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
Gone with the Wind (1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell, film 1939)
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
sarcophagus; stone coffin
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
healing (esp. through alternative therapies, music, color therapy, supernatural powers, etc.)
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
video game (played on a home console)
honorific affix; honorific prefix
receiving an electric shock
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
(turned out) all right in the end
spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade