sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles
Treaty of Portsmouth (ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905)
older sister; elder sister
feeling like friends; the feeling of friendship
mother goddess; earth goddess
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
overthrow of the shogunate
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
polishing (e.g. essay); revision; elaboration; refinement; improvement
hostess (in a hostess bar)
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
to mix; to stir; to blend
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
historical play; period drama