small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
evolutionary theory; theory of evolution
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard
freshly pickled vegetables
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
Oriental paper bush (Edgeworthia chrysantha); mitsumata
Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)
creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)
henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule); henbit; Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)
pansy (Viola tricolor var. hortensis); garden pansy; wild pansy (Viola tricolor); heartsease
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
lower respiratory tract; lower airway
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
Choenomeles lagenaria; hiboke flowering quince
daisy (Bellis perennis); English daisy
false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry
broad bean (Vicia faba); horse bean; fava bean
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
chocolate-vine (Akebia quinata); fiveleaf; fiveleaf akebia; fruit of the akebia
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
Miquel's mazus (species of small flowering plant, Mazus miquelii)
envelope containing betrothal money and given as part of a betrothal gift
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)